| The Best Photos of the Day |  |  | HAVANA.- Alex Castro, photographer and son of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, second from right, accompanied by his wife Marila Sarduy, right, looks at a painting based on a photo of his father when he was a child at the Jose Marti Memorial in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. Cuba marked Fidel Castro?s 86th birthday on Monday with congratulatory messages in state media but no planned appearance by the retired leader, who has faded from public view. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa. | | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| From Medieval to Modern: Christie's Fall Sale of Japanese & Korean Art in September | | MoMA presents first U.S. museum solo installation by artist collective Slavs and Tatars | | Christie's presents the Fall Sale of South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art | 
A Blue and White Porcelain Dragon Jar, Joseon dynasty, 18th century. Estimate on Request. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced the Fall sale of Japanese and Korean Art, taking place September 11. Featuring over 200 lots with works of art spanning medium and category, the sale offers a fantastic selection for collectors of all interests, from medieval books to paintings by modern masters. A spectacular fusuma (set of interior sliding doors) by Hasegawa Tonin will highlight the Japanese portion of the sale, while the Korean session boasts an exquisite and monumental porcelain dragon jar. Hasegawa Tonin’s Egrets and Ducks in a Winter Landscape is a fusuma (set of interior sliding doors) mounted as three two-panel screens, which were once part of a continuous panorama of birds surrounding a large auditorium (estimate: $250,000-300,000). The doors were originally installed in Akashi Castle, in southern Hyogo Prefecture, which was built circa 1618 by Ogasawara Tadazane, founder of the Kokura clan, and was l ... More | | 
Slavs and Tatars, Gastham Nabood Nagard, 2011. Embroidered fabric, 78 3/4 x 47 1/4″ (200 x 120 cm). Image courtesy of The Third Line, Dubai.
NEW YORK, NY.- For Projects 98: Slavs and Tatars, The Museum of Modern Art presents the first United States solo exhibition by Slavs and Tatars, from August 15 through December 10, 2012. Slavs and Tatars is a collective whose installations, lectures, publications, and multiples focus on relationships between Western cultures and the Eastern world. At MoMA, the group presents the new installation Beyonsense, which takes its title from a translation of zaum—the term used to describe abstract language experiments undertaken by artists and authors in the early 20th century—celebrates twists of language across cultures, histories, and geographies. The project was developed, in part, from their study of the Museum’s collection of more than 1,000 Russian avant-garde illustrated books. For MoMA, they have designed a reading room of an unconventional sort, featuring their text pieces and artist’s books, which incor ... More | | 
Tyeb Mehta, Untitled (Falling Figure). Acrylic on canvas, 1992. Estimate: $600,000-800,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
NEW YORK, NY.- On September 12, Christie’s will present the Fall sale of South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art in New York. Christie’s specialists have secured over 120 exceptional works of exceptional quality as well as rare works with extraordinary history, and with estimates ranging from $1,500 to $600,000. The sale will feature works by modern masters including Tyeb Mehta, Vasudeo S. Gaitonde, Maqbool Fida Husain, and Syed Haider Raza, as well as an impressive selection of contemporary works from celebrated artists, such as, Subodh Gupta, Alwar Balsubramaniam, T. V. Santhosh, Nalini Malani, Rina Banerjee and Zarina. The sale will also feature several works by modern and contemporary Pakistani artsists including, Ismail Guljee, Anwar Shemza, Shezad Dawood, Khadim Ali, and Tazeen Qayyum. Highlighting the modern works from the sale is the historically significant Untitled (Falling ... More |
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| American art and Modernism provides common language in cross-cultural dialogue | | Exhibition of works of art from the Serapión & Belk Collection opens at the Museo de Arte de Ponce | | Longtime Cosmopolitan magazine editor Helen Gurley Brown, 90, dies in New York | 
Chinese scholars with Michael Leja.
CHICAGO, IL.- Fifteen Chinese professors of Western art history experienced firsthand artworks they’ve previously encountered only through slides and reproductions when they visited New York City for the Advanced Workshop in Western Art and Art History: American Art and Modernism, from July 31 to August 11. “The appetite for American art has grown considerably in China over the past decade, and we’re excited to help these art historians take their scholarship to the next level by experiencing in person works they’ve studied and lectured on,” explained Elizabeth Glassman, president & CEO of the Terra Foundation for American Art, which co-sponsored the program with the Henry Luce Foundation. “Since the 1990s, we have supported several initiatives whose aim has been to promote dialogue and exchange between Chinese and Americans on art historical scholarship,” said Luce Foundation Presid ... More | | 
Christopher Rivera (Puerto Rico, 1982), Deep Dreamer, 2008. Graphite on canvas, 73 x 48 1/2 in. (185. 4 x 123.2 cm). John T. Belk III, Esq. & Margarita Serapion, Esq. Collection.
PONCE, PR.- Last Saturday, August 11, the Museo de Arte de Ponce hosted the opening of the new exhibition Contemporary Passions: American, European, and Latin American Art from the Serapión & Belk Collection. This show represents an innovative initiative by the museum that will allow the general public to see and admire works of great artistic value owned by a husband-and-wife team of important private collectors, Margarita Serapión and John T. Belk III. The show will run though December 3, 2012. Contemporary Passions pays tribute to artists who have portrayed the spirit of their and our times, and it reveals contemporary visual culture’s broad range of creative vision. The exhibit covers 46 years of art history, from Pop Art through modern and conceptual art to the ... More | | 
Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown is shown during an interview at her office in New York. AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler.
By: Hillel Italie, AP National Writer
NEW YORK (AP).- It was not the kind of advice women were used to hearing: — Make a list of the men in your life and arrange them in categories: "The Eligibles," ''The Eligibles-But-Who-Needs-Them," ''The Don Juans," ''The Divorcing Man." — "Marriage is insurance for the worst years of your life." Save the "best" for when you're single. — "Travel on boats is strictly B.Y.O.M (Bring Your Own Man)." — And forget about church. "Spiritual benefits," yes. Prospects for bed, unlikely. The sexual revolution, Helen Gurley Brown declared 50 years ago, was no longer just for men. Brown, the longtime editor of Cosmopolitan magazine and an author who encouraged women not to save it for the wedding night, died Monday at a hospital in New York after a brief ... More |
| Handle with fun: RM Auctions lifts the gavel on Bruce Weiner's world famous Microcar Museum | | Philadelphia Museum of Art acquires "The Fox and the Grapes" dressing table | | Indian and Southeast Asian art astounds at Christie's New York in September | 
The Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum. Photo: Courtesy Bruce Weiner / RM Auctions.
BLENHEIM, ON.- Building on its reputation as the specialists for private and estate collection sales, RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house, will lift the gavel on the renowned Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum during a two-day sale, February 15–16, 2013 in Madison, Georgia. Carefully amassed over 15 years by businessman and dedicated collector Bruce Weiner, the Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum represents the world’s largest collection of the world’s smallest cars. Extremely well-known and respected the world over, the colorful and utterly unique museum reflects Weiner’s lifelong fascination with rarities of mechanical interest. It also reflects a fastidious collecting philosophy; in building the collection, Bruce scoured the world to secure the best, the rarest, and the most unusual examples extant, often dedicating multiple years to the “thrill of the chase” and eventual ac ... More | | 
High Chest: “The Fox and the Grapes” High Chest of Drawers, American, Late Baroque with Rococo carving, 1765-75. Mahogany, yellow poplar, white cedar, yellow pine; brass, 8 feet 3/4 inches x 46 1/2 x 25 3/4 in. Dressing Table: “The Fox and the Grapes” Dressing Table, American, Late Baroque with Rococo carving, 1765-75. Mahogany, yellow poplar, white cedar, yellow pine; brass, Height: 29 7/8 in., Width: 35 in., Depth: 23 1/4 in..
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Philadelphia Museum of Art has agreed to purchase the exceptional mahogany dressing table that has been on loan to the Museum for 36 years. Made in Philadelphia in the late 1760s or early 1770s, the table is the mate to the Museum’s monumental high chest, which was donated in 1957 by Amy Howe Steel Greenough. The dynamic carved decoration on both the high chest and the dressing table depicts a scene from Aesop’s fable of “The Fox and the Grapes” on their central drawers. The impressive proportions of these remarkable examples of 18th-century craftsman- ... More | | 
A Rare and Important Thangka of the Green Tara, Tibet, 13th/14th Century. Estimate: $400,000-600,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
NEW YORK, NY.- On September 12, Christie’s will present the sale of Indian and Southeast Asian Art, featuring over 120 lots of rarity and significance from Gandhara, Nepal, Tibet and India. The sale’s highlights include a polychromed gray schist figure of the Teaching Buddha, a gilt bronze Padmapani, and two important early thangkas from the Collection of Dr. Eugenio Ghersi. Born in Oneglia, Italy in 1904, Dr. Ghersi was a brilliant surgeon, naval hero, and one of the last great explorers of Tibet. Over the course of two expeditions with Giuseppe Tucci between 1933-35, he meticulously photographed and documented numerous monuments and artworks in the Himalayas, which were under constant threat of being replaced by new commissions or falling into disrepair. Their elaborate records and research served as the basis for ... More |
| Preview Berlin Art Fair to expand its dynamic profile for eight edition at Tempelhof Airport | | 1907 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle brings $1+ million to lead Heritage's $27.5+ Million auction | | Chrysler Museum shakes up contemporary collection with installation of Remix Redux | 
Femke Dekkers, Atelierwerk 1 (geel), 2012. Inkjetprint on Dibond, 86 x 70 cm. Courtesy Galerie Bart, Amsterdam.
BERLIN.- In its eighth edition, the Preview Berlin Art Fair will be expanding its dynamic profile: In Hangar2 of Berlin's former Tempelhof Airport, established galleries will now show their promising artistic positions alongside international newcomers. For the first time ever, there will also be solo walls, with a focus continuing to be placed on emerging artists. This survey allows the Preview Berlin to reflect what makes the Berlin art landscape so unique from an international perspective, allowing the latest trends to be visualised. From 13 to 16 September, 57 international galleries, 11 project spaces and 8 art academies from 14 countries will take part in the Preview Berlin. In spacious white-cube stands, in project areas and on about two dozen solo walls in Hangar2, ambitious positions from Germany, Europe and beyond will be presented. As a plug-in, the ... More | | 
More than $21 million in rare coins sold altogether in Aug. 3’s Platinum Night.
DALLAS, TX.- An extremely rare example of the prized 1907 Ultra High Relief double eagle sold for $1,057,500 to lead Heritage Auctions’ $27.5+ million US Coins Signature® Auction, held in Philadelphia, Aug. 2-5. All prices include 17.5% Buyer’s Premium. “More than $21 million in rare coins sold altogether in Aug. 3’s Platinum Night,” said Greg Rohan, President of Heritage Auctions. “Over the course of the entire event, our happy consignors saw their coins bring more than $27.5 million, with an additional $1 million in results from Heritage’s currency auction held on Aug. 3. The Ultra High Relief double eagle in this auction is distinctive because of its 1906 Style edge lettering, in a Sans Serif Font, with stars between each of the letters of E PLURIBUS UNUM. The lettering style dates the coin as one of the first three Ultra High Reliefs struck. “This piece was the first coin discovered with ... More | | 
Larry Poons (American, b. 1937), Needles, 1972. Mixed media on canvas. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
NORFOLK, VA.- The Chrysler Museum of Art opens a reinstallation of its modern and contemporary art collection with Remix Redux on August 15. The exhibition will remain on view until December 30, and admission is free. The Chrysler continues to shake up the --isms of art history with this new exhibition of contemporary art. The threads between society, culture, and the visual arts are presented through a selection of works from the Chrysler vaults. This exhibition mixes contemporary classics with new acquisitions, and is grouped thematically. Visitors can follow the common chords of materials, portraits and figures—even the spaces found in nature—as they travel through a diverse range of artists and artworks. The exhibition is organized by Amy Brandt, Amy Brandt, Ph.D., the Chrysler’s McKinnon Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. Works in this gallery evoke the sense of being enveloped within nature. Using ... More |
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 The Fifth Annual Governors Island Art Fair opens September 1 NEW YORK, NY.- 4heads presents the Fifth Annual Governors Island Art Fair, which will be free and open to the public every Saturday and Sunday, September 1 - 30, 2012 from 11am to 6pm. Powered by a group of New York-based working artists, this event calls together more than 100 international artists to exhibit their work in the landmark architecture of Governors Island in New York Harbor. When it began in 2008, the Governors Island Art Fair was little more than an idea to bring under-represented art to unused public space; the first edition had 50 exhibitors and no funding. Still, this fine art fair without the fuss drew thousands of visitors. The event doubled in size the next year and it continues to grow. In his article "An Art Fair for the Artists," arts writer Franklin Einspruch describes the Governors Island Art Fair as "a refreshing exception" to other fairs. This year, the ... More Array of London Olympic memorabilia up for auction LONDON (AP).- The London Olympics may be over, but it's not too late to take home a national flag from the athletes' parade or a used javelin. Officials have put almost 2,000 Olympic relics up for auction, along with a replica of the "Isle of Wonder" book that Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling read from during the July 27 opening ceremony. The book's price had risen to 1,066 pounds (US$1,670) Tuesday, after opening at 1 pound a few days ago. Among the stranger auction items also from the opening ceremony, directed by filmmaker Danny Boyle, are a farmer's hand-sickle, a Mary Poppins hat with electric lights, a suffragette protest banner, and a maypole. Historic Olympic memorabilia is also offered, though they don't come cheap: A 1948 London Olympic torch forged from aluminum is going for 14,000 pounds (US$21,970) on Tuesday — and it appears to be starting price. The sale of the ... More 17-foot-long Burmese python caught in Everglades; taken to Florida Museum of Natural History By: Matt Sedensky, Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH (AP).- The biggest Burmese python ever caught in Florida — 17 feet, 7 inches long and 164½ pounds — was found in Everglades National Park, the University of Florida announced Monday. The snake was pregnant with 87 eggs, also said to be a record. Scientists said the python's stats show just how pervasive the invasive snakes, which are native to Southeast Asia, have become in South Florida. "It means these snakes are surviving a long time in the wild," said Kenneth Krysko, a snake expert at the Florida Museum of Natural History, where the euthanized snake was brought. "'There's nothing stopping them and the native wildlife are in trouble." The python had feathers in its stomach that scientists plan to use to identify the types of wildlife it ... More Longest-running UK comic book 'The Dandy' may end By: Sylvia Hui, Associated Press
LONDON (AP).- Britain's longest-running comic book is facing closure after 75 years in print. The publisher of "The Dandy" said Tuesday it is reviewing all of its magazine titles to meet the "challenges of the rapidly changing publishing industry." Circulation of the weekly comic book, first published in 1937 and best-known for cartoon cowboy Desperate Dan and Korky the Cat, dropped to less than 7,500 in the second half of last year. At its peak in 1950 it sold some 2 million copies. Scotland-based DC Thomson stressed it has yet to decide on the future of "The Dandy," but will ensure all of its characters live on in other platforms — hinting that their adventures may soon be available only online. "There are many challenges within the industry at present, but ... More Fine Art Asia 2012 introduces renowned galleries and forges new partnerships HONG KONG.- Fine Art Asia 2012 will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from Thursday 4th to Sunday 7th October 2012. As the only major international fine art fair in Asia, over 20,000 visitors are expected to attend from across the Asia region and around the world. Reflecting the rising influence of and interest in the Asian art market, Fine Art Asia displays the finest in Asian and International Antiques, Drawings and Prints, Maps and Books, Scholars’ Objects, Furniture, Fine Jewellery, Clocks and Watches, Antique Silver, Decorative Art, Porcelain and Ceramics, Textiles and Tapestries, as well as Modern and Contemporary Artworks including Paintings, Sculptures and Furniture, from over 100 carefully-selected local and international galleries. Now in its 8th edition, Fine Art Asia promises the strongest presentation of antiques and fine art this year. ... More Bellevue Arts Museum focuses on fiber for second edition of BAM Biennial BELLEVUE, WA.- 2012 marks the unveiling of the second edition of BAM's much-anticipated biennial. With a focus on fiber, one of the most thriving and vibrant media in contemporary art, BAM Biennial 2012: High Fiber Diet continues the Museum's commitment to celebrating both tradition and innovation in art, craft and design in the Northwest. The exhibition will be on view at Bellevue Arts Museum from October 25, 2012 to February 24, 2013. Selected from close to 300 applications, the 44 artists chosen to participate in BAM Biennial 2012: High Fiber Diet represent both established and emerging artists, either living or working in the Northwest (Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington). Polly Adams Sutton (WA), Howard and Lorraine Barlow (WA), Dina Barzel (WA), Lou Cabeen (WA), Vanessa Calvert (OR), Michael Cepress (WA), Christine Chaney (WA), David ... More |
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