| Sotheby's inaugural Auction of Asian and Western Contemporary Art in Asia to be held on 3 December | | Christie's London to offer works from the collection of businessman John Schaeffer | | David Livingstone exhibition opens at National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh | 
Roy Lichtenstein (1923 ? 1997), Modern Room (Study) detail. Est. HK$5.4?6.5 million / US$700,000?840,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
HONG KONG.- Sotheby?s Hong Kong is delighted to present Boundless: Contemporary Art, the company?s inaugural auction of Asian and Western contemporary art in Asia, to take place at Sotheby?s Hong Kong Gallery on 3 December 2012. Carefully curated by Sotheby?s worldwide team of specialists, the sale will offer over 80 works by Western artists such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, Japanese artists including Yayoi Kusama, Chinese artists led by Chu Teh-Chun, Ju Ming and Zeng Fanzhi, as well as Indonesian artist Ay Tjoe Christine, among others. A variety of genres including works on canvas, sculptures, photography and prints will be featured. Estimated to fetch a total of HK$47 ? 68 million / US$6.2 ? 8.8 million*, this diverse collection is a feast of the most forward-looking in contemporary art for discerning collectors. All interior settings in the catalogue are photographed at The Masterpiece, Hong Kong, courtesy of New W ... More | | 
Sir Frank Dicksee, P.R.A., Chivalry. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 53¾ in. Estimate 600,000-800,000 British pounds. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
LONDON.- Christie’s announced two works from the collection of John Schaeffer will be offered in the sale of Victorian & British Impressionist Art on 13 December 2012. The Wrestling Scene in ‘As You Like It’ by Daniel Maclise R.A. (1806-1870) and Chivalry by Sir Francis Dicksee P.R.A. (1853-1928) come to auction after a six-month loan to Leighton House. Chivalry, by Sir Francis Bernard Dicksee, is one of his most attractive works and is a wonderful embodiment of late Victorian romanticism at its most theatrical and uninhibited (estimate: £600,000 – 800,000). The ideal of chivalry preoccupied the Victorians; the concept was central to the frescoes in the new Palace of Westminster that were conceived as a great expression of national pride and sentiment. Dicksee began to exhibit at the R.A. in 1876 and was elected President in 1924. Critics often described the picture’s handling and colouring as Veneti ... More | | 
Print res Box with cross from tree under which Livingstone's heart was buried. © National Museums Scotland.
EDINBURGH, CA.- The life and achievements of one of Scotland?s most famous explorers are the subject of a new exhibition, Dr Livingstone, I Presume?, opening on 23 November at the National Museum of Scotland. Raising the curtain on a national celebration of the 200th anniversary of Livingstone?s birth (19 March 2013), the exhibition of around 100 objects draws together a wide range of artefacts, documents and artworks with a personal connection to Livingstone in one place for the first time. Livingstone himself collected material for the collections of what is now National Museums Scotland, and examples on display will include a weaving loom, mineral samples and African artefacts. As well as objects from National Museums? own collections, there will be loans from a wide range of institutions, including the David Livingstone Centre, the Royal Geographical Society, Glasgow Museums and the National Library of Scotland and private i ... More |
| Turkey's Culture Minister Ertugrul Gunay wants talks with France on 'stolen' antiques | | Christie's announces African and Oceanic Art Sale to be held in Paris on 11 December | | "Sam Francis: Works from the 1950s on paper and canvas" on view at Gallery Delaive | 
People arrive to visit the new Department of Islamic Arts at the Louvre Museum. AFP PHOTO / MEHDI FEDOUACH.
PARIS (AFP).- Turkey wants to start a "dialogue" with French authorities for the return of tiles and other antiquities on display at the Louvre museum in Paris, Culture Minister Ertugrul Gunay said Thursday. Saying the artefacts "were stolen at the end of the 19th century", Gunay said: "We want talks to start between French authorities and the board controlling Turkish museums to work on the issue and take stock. "The theft had nothing to do with the Louvre or with a French citizen who could have acquired them in good faith," he said, adding that Ankara had launched moves to "recover objects representing cultural heritage which were illegally taken out of Turkey". The contested pieces include tiles from a historic Ottoman mosque in Istanbul. The tiles are part of a 12-metre- (40-foot-) long mosaic put together by the Louvre and one of the highlights of a new wing of Islamic art which was launched at the end of October. Turkey's ... More | | 
Statuette a Clous, République Démocratique du Congo. Hauteur : 51 cm. (20 in.). Provenance: Pierre Dartevelle, Bruxelles. Importante collection européenne. Estimate: 100,000-150,000€.
PARIS.- On December 11, Christie’s will present a magnificent selection of African and Oceanic Art, which is led by an icon of African art: a Nkundu reliquary measuring 8 feet tall. This masterpiece of Central African art formed one of the key sculptures from the famous collection of the Belgian painter Jean Willy Mestach for nearly 60 years. In addition, a superb collection of New Guinea unique miniature masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco will be offered at auction. Other rare pieces of exceptional provenances are also presented in this sale such as a Manyanga/Kongo nail figure and a newly discovered Baga snake. The entire sale is expected to realize €4 to €6 million. “This sale represents one of the most highly curated sales in the market in many seasons. African and Oceanic Art masterpieces ... More | | 
Sam Francis, Untitled. Watercolor and gouache, 22.5 x 17.8cm. Signed and inscribed.
AMSTERDAM.- Gallery Delaive announces Sam Francis: Works from the 1950s on paper and canvas. Sam Francis’ (1923-1994) career spanned approximately 50 years and includes a staggering amount of paintings, drawings and prints. Influenced by Abstract Expressionism and the works of Clyfford Still and Jackson Pollock, Francis developed a unique style characterized by his sensitivity to light and the use of space to allow free circulation of strong color. This exhibition will present a selection of works on paper and canvas from Sam Francis’ European decade in the ‘50s, pivotal in the development of Francis’ distinctive style. Sam Francis, eager to submerge himself in the European art scene, moved to Paris in the summer of 1950 after finishing his Master of Arts at the University of California. In Paris he met French painter Jean-Paul Riopelle who had a great influence on Francis’ work and he enjoyed the company ... More |
| Christie's Latin American Sale in May 2013 to include a selection of works donated to the Americas Society | | Bill Watterson published Calvin & Hobbes Sunday strip brings world record $203,150 at Heritage Auctions | | Rhinoceros horn, furnishings, decorative finery in Michaan's Asian Auction | 
Carlos Cruz-Diez, Physichromie 160, 2009 (detail). Atelier Cruz-Diez, © Adagp, Paris 2012/ Luz Perez Ojeda Paris 2012. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s and the Americas Society announced The Americas Society Visual Arts Endowment Benefit Auction in May 2013. The auction will include a selection of works donated to the Americas Society that will be offered in conjunction with the Latin American sale with all proceeds to benefit the Society’s dynamic and expanding Visual Arts Department through the creation of an endowment for its programs. The Benefit Auction will include approximately 30 works in both the Evening and Day sales at Christie’s, and will feature such established Latin American artists as Carlos Cruz-Diez (Physichromie 1601 from 2009) and Alejandro Obregón (Recuerdo de Trentón from 1979), as well as contemporary artists like Luis Fernando Roldán (Rebbilib, 2012). Cruz-Diez’s work beautifully exemplifies how the artist employs line and color to create an optical ... More | | 
The strip was presented by Watterson as a gift to fellow cartoonist Brian Basset, creator of the popular strips Adam@Home and Red and Rover.
DALLAS, TX.- The original hand-colored Bill Watterson Calvin & Hobbes artwork from Nov. 19, 1986 – the first original Watterson Sunday strip known to have come up for public auction – brought a world record price of $203,150 (including Buyer’s Premium) on Friday, Nov.16 as part of a Vintage Comics and Comics Art event at Heritage Auctions. “A world record price like this is a testament to just how beloved Calvin & Hobbes was and is,” said Todd Hignite, Vice President of Heritage Auctions. “The final price realized tops any offering from any cartoonist ever, including the giants like Charles Schulz, Winsor McCay and Elzie Segar.” The strip was presented by Watterson as a gift to fellow cartoonist Brian Basset, creator of the popular strips Adam@Home and Red and Rover, who held it in a special place in his personal collection for many years. The piece was bought ... More | | 
An exceptionally carved rhinoceros horn libation cup ($20,000-30,000).
ALAMEDA, CA.- Michaan’s Auctions has once again acquired an exceptionally carved rhinoceros horn libation cup ($20,000-30,000). A larger rhinoceros horn cup was offered in the Fine Asian Works of Art Auction in June of this year, drawing international attention as well as a $70,200 selling price. The cup for sale is anticipated to follow suit in the interest it will bring to the auction house, as the piece is a wonderful testament to the traditional art form. The cup is carved as an open magnolia blossom with carved chilong dragons, fruiting lychee branches and floral petals utilized as decorative motifs. The horn is dated to the 17th century and displays a beautifully rich, dark coffee brown hue as well. Similar examples of like-minded caliber are held in the Durham University Oriental Museum collection as well as in the Beijing Palace Museum collection. Quality furniture pieces have consistently been a top perform ... More |
| Boring work: Penn State University wormhole sleuth peeks into ancient beetle history | | Gun from Australia's Kelly gang sells for $126,000 at Leski Auctions in Melbourne | | Solo exhibition of work by New York artist Robert Sagerman on view at Brian Gross Fine Art | 
The Renaissance woodcut art print "De Rijke Man (The Rich Man) by Cornelis Anthonisz (1541), with printed wormholes. AFP PHOTO / RIJKSMUSEUM.
PARIS (AFP).- Wormholes reproduced in ancient wood-printed illustrations have revealed the odyssey of European beetles, set against a backdrop of climate change and globalisation. In an unusual study released Wednesday, biologist Blair Hedges at Penn State University in Pennsylvania looked at art printed with carved blocks of wood, a technique that illustrated millions of books before mechanised printing. He poured over dozens of illustrations made in Europe from the Renaissance to the end of the 19th century. His quest: to count tiny, inky traces of wormholes left in the woodblock by beetle borers. "These tiny errors or interruptions in the print serve as 'trace fossils'," becoming an indicator of when and where they were made and the species that made them, Hedges said. Wormholes in prints from northern Europe, including England, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden and northern France, were small and round, averaging 1.43 millimetres (0.057 inches) across, he found. But prints fr ... More | | 
A gun belonging to the brother of notorious Australian outlaw Ned Kelly and used in the gang's infamous last stand against police. AFP PHOTO/LESKI AUCTIONS.
MELBOURNE (AFP).- A gun used by the brother of notorious Australian outlaw Ned Kelly during their gang's infamous last stand against police in 1880 has sold for Aus$122,000 (US$126,000) at a Melbourne auction. The East India Company cavalry pistol, which belonged to Kelly's younger brother Dan and has his name and the year 1876 engraved on the walnut stock, was bought by a private collector Wednesday evening. "It's the only gun that has been definitely associated with Dan Kelly," auctioneer Charles Leski told ABC radio. "It looks like he got it as a teenager, which probably wasn't unusual at the time for a country lad to have a gun." The vintage muzzle-load single-shot percussion pistol, which uses powder and a lead ball instead of a cartridge, was tipped to fetch up to Aus$125,000. Dan Kelly had the pistol with him during the 1880 siege of the Glenrowan Inn, when his outlaw brother and their ... More | | 
Robert Sagerman, 14,010, 2012 (detail). Oil on canvas, 48 x 46 inches. Photo: Courtesy of Brian Gross Fine Art.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Brian Gross Fine Art is presenting Still Without Cessation, a solo exhibition of work by New York artist Robert Sagerman. Robert Sagerman creates rich color field paintings through the application of daubs of oil paint, layer upon layer, in a rhythmic, methodical, and meditative gesture. The result is an activated surface built of layers of applied paint that crosses the boundaries between painting and sculpture. The exhibition will be on view through December 22, 2012. Sagerman’s artistic process is a calculated action in which he counts and journals each and every stroke. The total number of marks ultimately provides the title of each piece, such as 4,511. The meticulous counting of gestures integrates a temporal element to his work as the process is frozen in time. Also, the keeping record of each strokes portrays the influence of his study of medieval Jewish mystical tradition in which &# ... More |
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 The Jewish Museum continues new exhibition series with Collection Tableaux NEW YORK, NY.- Beginning November 23, 2012, The Jewish Museum will present Collection Tableaux, a new exhibition presenting four works from the Museum's collection that inspire meditation on the role of tables as gathering places for ritual, ideas, and memories. The exhibition includes a newly commissioned glass piece by Beth Lipman, a large paper collage by Izhar Patkin, a suspended linen tablecloth by the collective Studio Armadillo, and an early twentieth-century painting by Isidor Kaufmann. In each work, the laden table embodies family traditions and Jewish history in ways both ethereal and poetic. Collection Tableaux remains on view through February 3, 2013. Though three works are contemporary and one is almost a century older, all find ways to explore the household table as a place where festivity, sanctity, and history converge. The table, arranged with objects both ... More Reward offered for stolen California rock carvings By: Michael Thurston
LOS ANGELES (AFP).- Archeologists offered a $1,000 reward Tuesday for information leading to the arrest of vandals who stole four priceless ancient rock carvings, and damaged others in the California desert. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) called the carvings -- sliced out of the rock face with cement-cutting circular saws -- an "irreplaceable part of our national cultural heritage." "The damaged site is a pristine example of Great Basin rock art and hunter-gatherer domestic, religious and subsistence activities," said Greg Haverstock, a BLM archeologist based in Bishop, eastern California. Bernadette Lovato, manager of the BLM field office in Bishop, some 200 miles (320 kilometers) inland from San Francisco, added: "The individuals who did this ... More Trash from Everest recycled into sculpture KATHMANDU (AFP).- Discarded oxygen cylinders, ropes, tents, beer cans and even the remains of a helicopter have been turned into sculpture to highlight waste littering the slopes of Mount Everest. Artists worked with tonnes of debris collected from the world's highest mountain to create an exhibition of 75 pieces commissioned for the "Everest 8848 Art Project" and currently on display in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu. Sixty-five porters and 75 yaks amassed a total of eight tonnes of trash which they carried down from the mountain over two Spring season expeditions. "We thought that this would help promote the artists as well as contribute to making Everest clean," said project organiser Kripa Rana Shahi. "We were happy to get the trash and (the waste collectors) were happy to get rid of it." Fifteen Nepalese artists spent a month in workshops preparing pieces for the exhibition, which ... More Letters and documents from The War of 1812 up for auction in Waddingtons.ca's Decorative Arts Auction TORONTO.- Waddingtons.ca announced today that a number of rare and important letters and documents dating from The War of 1812 will be up for sale as part of its Decorative Arts Auction on December 12, 2012. The collection includes three drafts of letters/reports from the summer of 1814 written by Alexander Dobbs, Commander of a squadron of British ships, to his superior Commodore Sir James Lucas Yeo. The letters are a fascinating personal record of Dobbs involvement at The Battle of Lundy’s Lane, one of the bloodiest battles fought on Canadian soil. There is also Dobbs’ account of the explosion of H.M.S. Magnet, blown up by her Lieutenant on the shore of Lake Ontario to avoid capture by oncoming American ships. He also writes of his experience at the Siege of Fort Erie where, he states “our losses have been very severe: 10 Seamen and 11 Marines killed, 15 ... More Rare Carlos Sabrino Cuban painting found at auction By: Michael Lawrence
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Like the modern artists of WW2 era Germany, master Cuban artist Carlos Sobrino was almost erased into obscurity by the new Castro regime. Early on, Sobrino chose exile rather than live under the escalating oppressions of Fidel Castro. For this perceived slight, his paintings were removed from the museums, banned from exhibitions and there would be no more mention of him in future publications. Not until at least the gift of a small Sobrino painting to the Ramos brothers (Roberto and Carlos) in 1982, unleashed their artistic passions that survive to this day. Inspired by Sobrino, the Ramos brothers, now also exiles, focused on the works of the generations of artists who thrived in the pre-1958 cultural environment. The brothers ... More Second chapter of iPad and iPhone app series "Great Photographers" features William Klein ROME.- The App dedicated to William Klein is the second and unmissable chapter of the The Great Photographers apps series. After Giacomelli Contrasto brings to the public a total immersion in the complex artistic universe of one of the greatest international photographers. William Klein has an incredibly eclectic creativity: photographer, film director, painter. The App not only allows you to surf the photographer?s images, but also to view excerpts of his main feature films and admire a selection of his paintings representing a completely new way of knowing and experiencing William Klein?s work, thanks to the richness of the content, the interactivity and the exceptionally high visual quality. This App is available in English, Italian and French for iPad. It contains 393 images that can be viewed individually or in slideshow and which you can zoom-in on with simple ... More The Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane presents a survey exhibition of key works by Lawrence Carroll DUBLIN.- Encountering Lawrence Carroll’s works is a curious experience. They are familiar yet strange. Are they painted sculptures or paintings? Stitched together, folded and illuminated, they push the concept of the painting beyond its traditional limits. An Irish artist born in Australia, Lawrence Carroll was based in the u.s.a. before moving to Venice in 2007. Informed by American modernism, Carroll cites influences as wide ranging as Donald Judd and Carl Andre whose sculptures form part of the minimalist canon, sculpture and video by Bruce Nauman, as well as the large scale abstract paintings of Frank Stella and Sean Scully. In the 1980s, Carroll began to deconstruct the painting by cutting into the canvas surface and its support. He creates new forms through the reassembled work by exposing the inside of the painting and its inherent vulnerability. He breaks the surface ... More |
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