| The devil's in the details: Getty's new manuscript exhibition gives death and the afterlife a warm welcome | | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art acquires Robert Anreson's famous bust of George Moscone | | One of the most beautiful Renoir paintings in private hands to be offered at Christie's | 
Master of the Dresden Prayer Book or workshop (Flemish, active about 1480 - 1515) and Illuminator Unknown, The Three Living and the Three Dead, about 1480 - 1485 ?. Tempera colors and gold on parchment, 20.5 x 14.8 cm. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 23, fol. 146v
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Middle Ages produced many of the most fantastical and arresting images of death and the afterlife. Medieval depictions of cruel demons, valiant angels, and gruesome deaths continue to inform our visual understanding of the horrors of hell and the rewards of heaven. Drawing primarily from the Getty Museum’s permanent collection and featuring several new acquisitions, Heaven, Hell, and Dying Well: Images of Death in the Middle Ages, on display May 29–August 12, 2012, at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Center, features a collection of remarkable imagery from illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, printed books, and paintings. “Death was everywhere in medieval culture, and the unshakable belief in an afterlife motivated much of ... More | | 
Robert Arneson at work in his studio, 1981. Photo: Ira Nowinski.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art announced today the acquisition of noted artist Robert Arneson's Portrait of George (Moscone), 1981, a large-scale commemorative bust of former San Francisco Mayor George Moscone that incited great controversy when first commissioned and unveiled by the city more than 30 years ago. One of the most powerful works of political art ever created in the Bay Area, Portrait of George (Moscone) represents an important moment in the city's cultural and social history, as well as a turning point in the evolution of Arneson's art practice. SFMOMA's acquisition of the sculpture adds to the museum's significant holdings of California art and finally brings this masterpiece back to the city for which it was created. The bust will go on view at SFMOMA on Friday, June 1, as part of an entire gallery devoted to Arneson's work. Portrait of George (Moscone) was purchased through SFMOMA's ... More | | 
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), Baigneuse, 1888. Estimate: £12 million to £18 million. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
LONDON.- The Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale will take place on 20 June 2012 at 7pm and will offer 71 lots with a pre-sale estimate of £86,525,000 to £126,740,000. Representing many of the most celebrated artists of the late 19th and 20th centuries, the auction is led by Baigneuse, 1888, a sumptuous exploration of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s (1841-1919) most celebrated theme, the female nude (estimate: £12 million to £18 million). Exemplifying the timeless demand for true masterpieces - a trend which continues to be demonstrated in the current market - this work has been part of multiple distinguished collections including that of Robert de Bonnières, Adrien Hébrard and the Prince de Wagram; later owned by the prominent Swiss collector Georg Reinhart. It comes to the market for the first time in 15 years; having previously set the current record ... More |
| Exhibition of new paintings and graphics by Paula Rego opens at Marlborough Fine Art | | The cabinet of natural curiosities: Bonhams introduces an original natural history auction | | Nineteenth century cyanotypes by French engineer Georges Poulet on view at Daniel Blau Ltd. | 
Paula Rego, In the Beehive, 2010. Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 137 x 101 cm.© the Artist. Photo: Courtesy of Marlborough Fine Art (London) Ltd.
LONDON.- Marlborough Fine Art announced their exhibition of new paintings and graphics by Paula Rego. This exhibition coincides with the publication of the revised and updated Catalogue Raisonné by Tom Rosenthal of Thames & Hudson. One of Honoré de Balzac's most celebrated tales, The Unknown Masterpiece is the story of a painter who, depending on one's perspective, is either an abject failure or a transcendental genius - or both. The story has served as an inspiration to artists as various as Cézanne, Henry James, Picasso, and Paula Rego. The sumptuously produced Catalogue Raisonné discusses and illustrates all Rego’s prints, including unpublished work. The second edition includes chapters on five new series produced since 2003 – Moon Eggs, Prince Pig, Wine, Curved Planks and Female Genital Mutilation; on the influence of Irish playwright Martin McDonagh’s work on Rego; and an updated section of Works Out of Series. Many of Rego’s prints are based on themes, ... More | | 
Fossil Palm with Unusual Matrix, Sabalites sp. Eocene, Green River Formation, Lincoln County, Wyoming. 81 x 62in; Specimen measures 69in. Est. $45,000 - 55,000. Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY.- Bonhams announced the June 4 auction The Cabinet of Natural Curiosities. Popular during the Renaissance, cabinets of curiosity, also known as Kunstkammer ("art-room") or Wunderkammer ("wonder-room"), were the personal and often idiosyncratic collections of the individual with the main function being to provoke a sense of curiosity and wonder in the viewer. Tom Lindgren, Bonhams Natural History Co-Consulting Director, states about the sale, “This is the first time Bonhams has presented an auction of this kind. Natural curiosities such as fossils, meteorites, petrified wood and mineral specimens are now collected not only for their scientific interest but also for their stunning decorative qualities. They represent contemporary equivalents to the contents of the Victorian library, providing prestige to the contemporary home or office." Fossil highlights include an historic marine ... More | | 
Georges Poulet, Cañada Toba, 1892. Cyanotype. Photo: Courtesy Daniel Blau Ltd.
LONDON.- Daniel Blau Ltd. presents a unique collection of nineteenth century cyanotypes by Georges Poulet, in the first exhibition of its kind in the UK. French engineer Georges Poulet’s (1848 – 1936) photographs of railway construction in Argentina convey a sense of the pioneering spirit characteristic of the nineteenth century. These cyanotypes depart from customary notions of documentary photography, taking the viewer on an intensely atmospheric journey through the largely unspoiled Argentina of the late nineteenth century. They also reveal a desire to record technological progress in an artistic way. The mysterious blues produced by the cyanotype process create a special ambience, while the captions written elegantly in red ink at the bottom of each photo provide an element of narrative and of contrast. Scientist Sir John Frederick Herschel invented the cyanotype (more commonly known as the blueprint) in the e ... More |
| Exhibition of recent prints by artist Erez Israeli on view at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art | | Mary Lou Vansant Hughes Collection of Haitian art joins Spencer Museum of Art permanent collection | | New York based Australian artist Jessica Rankin presents new work at White Cube | 
Print by Erez Israeli.
By: Emanuela Calò
TEL AVIV.- Alongside videos, installations and sculptures, Erez Israeli's (born 1974, Beer Sheva) work includes prints in various techniques. His self-portrait prints, made in 2005 at the Jerusalem Print Workshop, were inspired by the idea of metamorphosis and issues of identity represented in Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando. The novel follows changes in the life of a young man from the 18th to the 20th century, through metamorphoses including his sexual identity, transforming from a man in the beginning of the novel to a woman at its end. Dealing with questions of the print's identity is linked with issues of gender, the nature of sexuality and changes in sexual identity and in time and space between countries and cultures. The print's narrative evolves, with a certain parallel between Orlando's tale and the journey of the print in the history of art, and questions about its essence and identity—in the tension between the original-canonical and the dynamic-serial. The unde ... More | | 
Bernard Sejourne, Asefi (enough daughters), 1975. Paint on Masonite™. Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas. Mary Lou Vansant Hughes Collection, 2011.0323
LAWRENCE, KANSAS.- From 1972 to 1976, when her husband, Harry Hughes, was a Public Affairs Officer for the American Embassy in Haiti, Mary Lou Vansant Hughes developed a deep admiration for the nation’s art. During their time there, the couple met and befriended many of the artists, eventually establishing a collection of nearly 100 Haitian works. Now, 40 years after they first arrived in Port-au-Prince, the Hughes, both of whom are University of Kansas alumni, have given their collection to KU’s Spencer Museum of Art. “It is with great pleasure that the Spencer has accepted stewardship of such a significant and beautiful collection,” says Susan Earle, SMA curator of European & American art. “Much first- and second-generation Haitian art was lost or damaged in the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, making the Mary Lou Vansant Hughes Collection even more significant in its breadth and scope.” The coll ... More | | 
Jessica Rankin, Seasky: 28 Nov, 1970, 2012. Graphite, ink and watercolour on paper, 84 3/8 x 83 7/8 in. (214.3 x 213 cm) (unframed)© the artist. Photo: Christopher Burke, New York. Courtesy White Cube.
LONDON.- For her second exhibition at White Cube, New York based Australian artist Jessica Rankin will present a new body of work comprising seven sewn works and a group of drawings on paper. Rankin's work condenses time, using the slowed down process of embroidery – traditionally associated with female domestic pursuits – to chart fleeting memories, landscapes, maps and thoughts. Using thread on organdie – a spectral and ethereal material – her work creates a web of associations, through poetic and abstract collages that equally incorporate phrases of poetry, political and historical reflections with more personal elements such as journeys she has taken and important events in her life. As Rankin has stated, ‘sewing has a longevity, a resonance’ that requires an ongoing relationship, like ‘the repetitive motion of a word in your head, which lingers and returns’. Lawrence ... More |
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| The MACBA showcases Gabriel Mascaro's latest work produced by ArtAids | | Drawing by Ben Nicholson during time of personal upheaval sold at Bonhams' 20th Century British and Irish Art sale | | Belgian/American artist Cécile B. Evans announced as winner of Emdash Award 2012 | 
Gabriel Mascaro, Fotograma EBB & FLOW A Onda Traz, o Vento Leva, 2012 © Fundación ArtAids i Gabriel Mascaro.
BARCELONA.- The Renaissance-style MACBA Capella showcases the work Ebb&Flow. A Onda Traz, O Vento Leva, by the Brazilian filmmaker Gabriel Mascaro, winner of the ArtAids video production Grant 2011. His is no conventional film as regards an approach to the issue of HIV, it goes far beyond the scope of any that has gone before it. The result shuns those perspectives that focus solely on pathological aspects of the disease. Mascaro (Recife, Brazil, 1981) offers a far more personal look, profoundly exploring the everyday reality of a deaf young man and the communication difficulties he has to face, day in day out. The man’s story is full of doubts and complexities which highlight his desires and at the same time his vulnerability. But despite the silence that dominates his reality, the young man’s strength and love of life overcome his being deprived of sound. The work manages to transmit vibrations like a wave of “ ... More | | 
St Ives Rooftops (Salubrious), the work sold for £283,250 against a presale estimate of £60,000–100,000. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- An oil and pencil drawing by Ben Nicholson executed during a tumultuous period for the artist, was one of the highlights of the 20th Century British and Irish Art sale that took place at Bonhams on the 30th May. Entitled St Ives Rooftops (Salubrious), the work sold for £283,250 against a presale estimate of £60,000 – 100,000 after much enthusiastic bidding. It was executed in the autumn of 1951, the year in which Ben Nicholson and fellow artist Barbara Hepworth divorced - a time of personal upheaval for both artists. St Ives Rooftops (Salubrious) depicts the view from Nicholson’s new home and consequently a new perspective of St Ives, showing the uneven arrangement of rooftops in front of the sea. Further highlights of the sale included three newly discovered works by Sir Stanley Spencer. The three paintings, depicting scenes of Cookham, came from the deceased estate of the artist’s niece, Pamela Spence ... More | | 
Straight Up, 2011, HD video, Dimensions variable. Video Still, Courtesy of the artist and Frieze.
LONDON.- Frieze announce that the winner of the Emdash Award 2012 is the Belgian/American artist Cécile B. Evans, who is based in Berlin. Evans’ work explores the way emotions are valued in contemporary life. Evans’ winning proposal takes the form of an audio guide to Frieze London accompanied by a holographic ‘host’. The audio guide will feature a panel of non-art experts that will describe works from the fair in a subjective manner. The panel will include notable figures from media, pop culture, politics and science. Evans aims to intervene in the vocabulary typically employed by the contemporary art market and introduce a different type of language to the fair, one based on feelings rather than material, price or provenance. The audio guide will be lead by a host, who will also appear as a hologram throughout the fair. Evans intends for the work to be an interruption, offering perspectives on art that com ... More |
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 Solo exhibition of paintings by John Gordon Gauld opens at Salomon Contemporary NEW YORK, NY.- Salomon Contemporary presents Giving Up The Ghost, a solo exhibition of paintings by John Gordon Gauld. The artist employs egg tempera and oil to create contemporary still lifes and genre scenes that pair natural objects with those manmade in imitation of nature. Gauld’s signature style, precision, and themes are reminiscent of 14th to 17th century painting, particularly the vanitas. Historically the vanitas, a still life that serves as a reminder of death and our mortality, has a dark palette, which enhances its grim message. Gauld, however, uses natural light to produce a clean aesthetic; but dark conceptual undertones remain, concealed beneath the bright exterior. In Improving the Nick of Time and There Will Always Be an Executioner, darkness is hidden behind plastic figurines, looking as though a child had staged them. Even in a youthful, imaginary ... More 1stdibs at The New York Design Center presents photographs of Manhattan street surfaces by Dru DeSantis NEW YORK, NY.- On June 1, 1stdibs at The New York Design Center presents Ground Rules, an exhibition that debuts an edition of nine striking black-and-white photographs of Manhattan street surfaces by photographer Dru DeSantis. The exhibition runs through July 31 at The New York Design Center, 200 Lexington Avenue, in New York. “My fascination with the almost painterly abstraction that can be achieved through the art of photography is reflected in these black-and-white pigment prints,” says Dru DeSantis, a co-principal of DeSantis Breindel, one of the country’s leading branding and marketing companies. “Uncropped, unretouched and on an exceptional scale, the images can yield great surprises, indeed, they take on a physicality that sometimes hints of danger.” “What intrigues me about life in New York is the evidence of human interaction ... More Heritage Auctions and President of Mongolia to cooperate in Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton resolution DALLAS, TX.- His Excellency Elbegdorj Tsakhia, President of Mongolia, and Heritage Auctions, Inc. jointly announce their cooperation in investigating the origin and ownership of a rare Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton that was placed for auction in New York City, on May 20, 2012. President Elbegdorj said, “I commend Heritage Auctions and its consignor for assisting with my investigation into the origin and legal ownership of this Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton. The Mongolian government will be sending a delegation of Mongolian and international experts and representatives to New York City in early June to inspect the skeleton in the presence of both the consignor and a representative of Heritage Auctions.” In addition to agreeing to the inspection, Heritage Auctions has, with full permission from its consignor, promptly disclosed to the attorney for the Mongolian President ... More Buffalo Bill's favorite gun readies for Wild West Auction at Heritage DALLAS, TX.- “I carried and used it for many years in Indian Wars and Buffalo killing. And it never failed me.” – Buffalo Bill So wrote “Buffalo” Bill Cody – America’s most famous Wild West figure and showman – of his beloved and trusted Remington .44 revolver, coming to auction on June 10 as part of Heritage Auction’s Legends of the Wild West Signature® Auction. It is expected to bring more than $200,000. “This is the most important Will F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody gun in existence,” said Tom Slater, Director of Americana Auctions at Heritage. “To say that it ‘never failed’ him is the most eloquent tribute a craftsman can pay to his favorite tool, and few craftsmen ever depended a tool the way Buffalo Bill depending on this gun.” It’s not known when Cody acquired this Civil War-issue Remington New Model Army .44 percussion revolver, but he carried ... More Cut-up Statue of Liberty by Danh Vo on view at the National Gallery of Denmark COPENHAGEN.- The Danish-Vietnamese artist Danh Vo enters the 2,000 m² Sculpture Street at the National Gallery of Denmark with an installation as subtle as it is monumental. At first glance the pieces of copper look like huge, abstract shapes. Slowly, however, you begin to make out the contours of a finger, a foot, or a torch. If the pieces were to be correctly assembled, they would form a complete replica of a major icon of Western culture: the 45m Statue of Liberty located in the New York harbour. Dahn Vo has had a metal workshop in Shanghai make a full-scale copy of the French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi’s famous goddess on Liberty Island. But in contrast to the 1886 original, Danh Vo’s replica will not be welded together to form a single whole; rather, its many constituent parts will be exhibited separately in various groupings at different sites across ... More Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art announces gifts in excess of $10 Million NEW YORK, NY.- The newly announced Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art has received major gifts in excess of $10 million. This constitutes the largest donation ever received by any LGBT arts organization. A gift of $8.8M was made by Charles W. Leslie in memory of his long-time partner Fredric D. (Fritz) Lohman. Substantial ongoing distributions from this gift, which consists of stock in a New York real estate corporation, will support the Museum. This is joined by other substantial donations including $1.5 million dollars from the Estate of Marion Pinto, an artist and long-time friend and supporter of Leslie-Lohman. Jonathan D. Katz, President of the Leslie Lohman Museum’s Board of Directors remarked, “Charles Leslie is one of the few individuals in New York with both the capacity, and the political will, to rectify the silence around gay/lesbian art ... More |
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