| The Royal Academy celebrates the Queen's Diamond Jubilee with several displays | | Christie's to present a selection of important works by two of the greatest British painters | | Art historian cleans Mona Lisa: Interactive iBook uncovers art's dirtiest secret | 
Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., Portrait of King George III, 1779. Oil on canvas, 277.40 x 185.50 cm. Photo: ©Royal Academy of Arts, London; Photographer: John Hammond.
LONDON.- This summer, as Britain celebrates the Queen?s Diamond Jubilee, the Royal Academy of Arts marks the occasion with a series of displays and events. Peter Greenham?s Study for a Portrait of Her Majesty the Queen (1964) has gone on show in the RA?s entrance hall, while displays in the John Madejski Fine Rooms celebrate the long-standing connection between the monarchy and the Royal Academy from its foundation in 1768 to the present day. The Queen?s Artists features a selection of paintings, drawn from the Royal Academy?s Collection, by Royal Academicians elected during the early part of the Queen?s reign. The display in the Reynolds Room and Council Room includes works by Jean Cooke, Frederick Gore and Ruskin Spear. Subjects range from Richard Eurich?s fanciful reminiscence of a summer spent in Whitby in 1911 to Carel Weight?s depiction of people observing the two minute silence on Remembrance Sunday. The Saloon ... More | | 
Lucian Freud (1922-2011), Head of a Greek Man. Oil on panel, 11.1/4 x 9.3/4in. (28.4 x 24.8cm.). Painted in 1946. Estimate: £1,500,000-2,000,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
LONDON.- On 27 June, Christie's Evening Auction of Post-War & Contemporary Art will present a selection of important works by two of the greatest British figurative painters of the twentieth century. A major highlight of the auction is the extremely rare Study for Self-Portrait painted by Francis Bacon in 1964 (estimate upon request). It is a poignant and exceptionally intimate painting by Francis Bacon, which marries the artist?s face to the figure of friend and fellow painter, Lucian Freud. It represents one of only twelve, floor-length self-portraits ever to be realised by Francis Bacon, four of which are now held in international museum collections. It is the only to undertake the almost devotional act of conflating the two artist?s bodies. Great friendship is the theme of another extraordinary work to be offered at Christie's. Head of a Greek Man, is an early painting by Lucian Freud dating from 1946. It comes from the ... More | | 
Cleaning Mona Lisa not only teaches the neglected lessons of art restoration, but the allows the reader to clean some of the most famous paintings from around the world with the swipe of a finger.
NEW YORK, NY.- Art historian and former Travel Channel Host Lee Sandstead partnered with Apple Design Award winning app studio, Tapity, to release an innovative reading experience on the iPad. Built on top of Apple’s new iBooks Author platform, Cleaning Mona Lisa interweaves videos and gorgeous interactive paintings with the narrative to take readers on a journey to discover why classical art work such as Mona Lisa is not nearly as impressive as it used to be and what can be done to restore it. When art historian Lee Sandstead first saw the world’s most famous painting—Mona Lisa—he was…to put it very gently…underwhelmed. As he recalls: “I sat there looking at this very small and dark painting behind three inches of bullet-proof glass scratching my head in puzzlement. Where were her eyebrows? Why is she so yellow?” It was this utter disappointment that took him on a decade-long search through museums across the world to uncover Mona Lis ... More |
| Christie's announces an exhibition from the Collection of Sir Timothy Rice to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee | | Jan David Winitz, President and founder of Claremont Rug Company, talks about the carpet business | | Centuries after it disappeared from the Middle East, attempts to revive language spoken in Jesus' time | 
George Gower 1540–1596, Portrait of Elizabeth I holding a sieve, 1579. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
LONDON.- To mark the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee, Christie’s announced ‘Jubilee Line’, an exceptional exhibition dedicated to the Royal Portrait Collection of Sir Timothy Rice. From 30 May to 1 June, this collection of important works of art will be open to the public at the historical London premises of Christie's, King Street. The collection comprises of more than fifty portraits of members of The Royal Family, ranging from a very young Henry VIII to Chris Levine’s recent haunting hologram of the Queen. The magnificent image of Henry VIII is the finest portrait of the King to survive from the period before the arrival of Hans Holbein at the Royal Court. It comes from the collection of the Dukes of Sutherland at Trentham and dates from c.1520. Also on display is the beautiful yet curious depiction of Queen Elizabeth I, which Sir Timothy Rice says is his favorite piece in the collection. This wor ... More | | 
Claremont Rug Company founder and president Jan David Winitz.
OAKLAND, CA.- For over thirty years, Jan David Winitz, President and founder Claremont Rug Company in Oakland, CA, has built a global reputation among carpet collectors and connoisseurs. Since Claremont Rug Company opened its doors in 1980, their niche has been a challenging, yet incredibly exciting one - offering only the finest in authentic, art-level antique carpets, coupled with entirely first cabin service. Claremont Rug Company holds a central position on the international market as a "first source" buyer, ambitiously acquiring superlative private collections and significant family estates rich in carpets that will literally enrapture the viewer through their great creative depth and exquisite craftsmanship. Jan David Winitz took some time out from his busy schedule to answer some basic questions about the carpet business. This is the first part of the interview. The second and ... More | | 
Atif Zarka, 64, a volunteer Aramaic teacher's assistant holds a copy of the Gospel of Luke in Aramaic script. AP Photo/Diaa Hadid.
By: Diaa Hadid, Associated Press
JISH, ISRAEL (AP).- Two villages in the Holy Land's tiny Christian community are teaching Aramaic in an ambitious effort to revive the language that Jesus spoke, centuries after it all but disappeared from the Middle East. The new focus on the region's dominant language 2,000 years ago comes with a little help from modern technology: an Aramaic-speaking television channel from Sweden, of all places, where a vibrant immigrant community has kept the ancient tongue alive. In the Palestinian village of Beit Jala, an older generation of Aramaic speakers is trying to share the language with their grandchildren. Beit Jala lies next to Bethlehem, where the New Testament says Jesus was born. And in the Arab-Israeli village of Jish, nestled ... More |
| 150 years after the last fusillade, scholars look at Civil War anew during anniversary | | Christie's London Sale of Important Jewels comprises 368 lots, including royal and aristocratic jewels | | Bonhams Hong Kong celebrates its 5th anniversary with quarter-billion Hong Kong dollar auction | 
Markers with the letters GAR, which stands for Grand Army of the Republic, stand by the grave sites of soldiers who served in the Civil War. AP Photo/Mike Groll.
By: Chris Carola, Associated Press
ALBANY (AP).- Nearly 150 years after the last fusillade of the Civil War, historians, authors and museum curators are still finding new topics to explore as the nation commemorates the sesquicentennial of America's bloodiest conflict. Even the long-accepted death toll of 620,000, cited by historians since 1900, is being reconsidered. In a study published late last year in Civil War History, Binghamton University history demographics professor J. David Hacker said the toll is actually closer to 750,000. "That number just sat there — 620,000 — for a century," said Lesley Gordon, a professor at the University of Akron and editor of the journal, a 57-year-old publication considered the pre-eminent publication in its field. Now, that figure "doesn't feel right anymore," said Gordon. The buzz Hacker's new ... More | | 
A superb Art Deco diamond tiara by Cartier. Estimate £100,000-150,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
LONDON.- Christie’s London sale of Important Jewels on Wednesday 13 June 2012 comprises 368 lots, including stunning royal and aristocratic jewels formerly from both The Collection of Her Imperial Highness Princess Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiary and The Property of Beatrice Countess of Granard OBE, as well as from The Collection of The Late Countess of Dudley which is led by a superb Art Deco diamond tiara by Cartier (estimate: £100,000-150,000). Spanning four centuries, the sale presents a strong array of rare historic rings, diamonds and pearls showcasing The Cowdray Pearls (estimate: £280,000-350,000), with estimates ranging from £2,000 to £350,000. The roll call of signed jewels by the leading houses and designers includes: Boucheron, Cartier and Chaumet to Chopard, Graff and Van Cleef & Arpels. The Cowdray Pearls, a rare natural pearl necklace, composed of a single row of thirty-eight graduated natural grey pearls, le ... More | | 
The final sales total of HK$312 million (UKP25.6 million; US$40 million) represents a near 50% increase over the equivalent sale last year. Photo: Bonhams.
HONG KONG.- Bonhams held its first-ever auction of Chinese art in Hong Kong in May 2007. Last week from 23 to 27 May 2012, it definitively celebrated its emergence as a major regional auction force in Asia with a series of auctions which totalled well over a quarter of a billion Hong Kong dollars. The final sales total of HK$312 million (UKP25.6 million; US$40 million) represents a near 50% increase over the equivalent sale last year, and is the first time that Bonhams Hong Kong has broken through this milestone total. This comprises the blend of auctions we have now established as the optimum programme offering top quality Chinese Works of Art and Paintings, Fine Wines and Whisky, Watches, and important European and Asian jadeite jewellery. The Bonhams house brand of transparent, straightforward auctioneering procedures uncomplicated by issues of running complementary retail ... More |
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| First solo exhibition in Germany by the British artist Haroon Mirza opens at Schering Stiftung | | Anticipation building for RM Auction's Dingman Collection 2012 Sale to be held in New Hampshire | | From Morocco to Indonesia: Beirut Art Fair to showcase more than 40 international galleries | 
Haroon Mirza, Tent Life, 2011, Courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery.
BERLIN.- The first solo exhibition in Germany by the British artist Haroon Mirza has a strikingly cryptic title: --{}{}{} {}--{}{}{}{}--{}. As the typographical equivalent of a wave form, it translates sound into a visual representation, thus referring to the work that Mirza developed especially for the Project Space of the Ernst Schering Foundation. The artist uses the shadow gaps that are typical for exhibition spaces as a starting point for creating a new light and sound composition. Haroon Mirza’s artworks revolve around the complex relationship between visuality and acoustics and unfold in a continuous loop as audio-visual compositions in space. In his acoustic assemblages, he uses found, culturally coded objects which he separates from their original function, turning them into triggers for sounds that form precise, self-generating compositions. These soundscapes are experienced ... More | | 
Oldsmobile Service. Estimate: $1,500-$2,000 US
BLENHEIM, ON.- Anticipation is building for RM’s eagerly awaited Dingman Collection 2012 sale, scheduled June 9 – 10 in Hampton, New Hampshire. A ‘labour of love’ carefully amassed over many years by prominent collector Michael Dingman, a former Ford Motor Company director for over 21 years, the distinguished collection features a remarkable series of automobiles along with one of the world’s most impressive automotive sign collections. In total, the upcoming sale will feature nearly 50 vehicles and more than 1,400 signs from the Collection, all offered ‘without reserve’. “Michael Dingman is one of the most dedicated and passionate collectors I’ve ever known,” says Mike Fairbairn, Director and Co-founder, RM Auctions. “In addition, his incredibly high standards have resulted in the finest Ford restorations ever seen!” Joining the previously announced 1936 Ford Mo ... More | | 
Marwan Kassab Bachi, Untitled, 2009, oil on canvas, 24 x 33 cm, Courtesy Tajalliyat Art Gallery.
BEIRUT.- The third edition of the international fair of modern and contemporary art BEIRUT ART FAIR will be held from 5 to 8 July 2012 at the Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center (BIEL), with 40 galleries from the Middle East, Europe and North Africa, showcasing their flagship artists. With the participation of 27 new top-notch galleries, BEIRUT ART FAIR asserts its role and its influence on established and emerging international art scenes and wishes to impose its status as a hybrid fair. In 2011, the fair was attended by 25 international galleries and has proposed several cultural exhibitions, which attracted over 10,000 visitors - collectors, journalists, artists, amateurs and professionals from the world of art. The enthusiasm associated with the first two editions demonstrates a true artistic and economic development in the «ME.NA.SA. ... More |
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 First retrospective in a German museum of photographer Lewis Baltz on view at Kunstmuseum Bonn BONN.- Kunstmuseum Bonn is showing the first retrospective in a German museum of an American photographer who today is legendary. Already in the early 1970s, Lewis Baltz, born 1945 in Newport Beach, California, arrived on the scene with photos that launched him as an essential groundbreaker on the way to (new) art photography. At the age of 26 with “Tract Houses”, Baltz had his first solo exhibition at the famous New York gallery of Leo Castelli, and remained within its program till the early 1990s. Baltz (as well as Hilla and Bernd Becher) took part in the 1975 epochal exhibition “New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-altered Landscape”. In view of his clear formal vocabulary, Baltz was initially seen as a documentarist. However, since 1986 and his residency in Paris and Venice, his photography has, at least at first glance, radically changed. Instead of a copious ... More Marjorie Schiele Prize Award winner announced CINCINNATI, OH.- On Friday May 4, 2012, the Marjorie Schiele Prize jury assembled in New York City to deliberate the work of the 375 entrants and fifty-five finalists for the $25,000 inaugural award. Given the overall sophistication and high quality of such a large number of international participants, it took the jurors several hours to narrow the field to just three. Following more deliberations, the jury found the work of artist Sarah Vanderlip—a series of graphite and silvered Mylar drawings on paper entitled Drawings for Sculpture of Buildings that use architectural renderings as fresh points for departure—the most compelling and accomplished among this select group of finalists; and awarded her the Prize. Vanderlip earned her MFA in Sculpture from the Yale School of Art. Recent solo exhibitions of her work have been on display at Shoshana Wayne Gallery (2012, Los ... More Crowds gather for Golden Gate Bridge celebration SAN FRANCISCO (AP).- Thousands of people flocked to San Francisco's waterfront and onto Golden Gate Bridge on Sunday to celebrate the famous span's 75th birthday. The daylong party attracted pleasure boats, tug boats and other vessels to the water as people on shore enjoyed a number of events stretching from Fort Point south of the bridge to Pier 39 along The Embarcadero. Many walked and biked across the bridge before capping the day by watching a fireworks display over the city's enduring symbol. The bridge was shrouded in fog during part of the day, but skies were clear by nightfall for the 18 minute-long fireworks show. "It's such an iconic structure, depending on the day or the hour, it just looks like it changes continuously," San Francisco resident Daniel Sutphin said as he walked through the Fort Point area with his wife and their three young children. Since ... More Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia showcases artist Kevin COle ATLANTA, GA.- The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia announces the opening of Kevin Cole: Straight From The Soul, 25 Years In The Making. The exhibition, curated by Dr. Julie McGee, takes place in two venues: MOCA GA from May 18 – July 28 and Southwest Arts Center (Southwest) from May 19 – July 28. There will be an Artist Talk by Cole at MOCA GA on Tuesday, June 26 at 7:00 p.m. with a reception beforehand beginning at 6:30 p.m. The Artist Talk is free to the public. MOCA GA will hold a closing reception for Cole’s exhibition during the National Black Arts Festival on Friday, July, 13 from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. The MOCA GA portion of the exhibition focuses on Cole’s work from 2006 to the present; Southwest is exhibiting earlier works. “Much of my work has dealt with the necktie as a symbol. My grandfather told me that African-Americans were lynched by ... More Elvis Presley crypt up for auction this month LOS ANGELES (AP).- For the right price, you or a loved one can rest in peace in the tomb of The King. Celebrity auctioneer Darren Julien is selling Elvis Presley's original crypt to the highest bidder as part of his "Music Icons" auction later this month. The tomb is located inside the granite and marble mausoleum at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis, Tenn. Presley was interred there alongside his mother, Gladys, after he died Aug. 16, 1977. Two months later, they were re-buried at his Graceland home. The original crypt has remained empty ever since. Julien says the winning bid from the auction beginning June 23 will receive the crypt, opening and closing of the vault for burial, a memorialization inscription and use of a chapel for a committal service. Transportation and funeral home charges are not included. ... More |
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