| First exhibition on the work of eighteenth-century court goldsmith opens at the Frick Collection | | Baroness Carmen Thyssen Bornemisza to sell "The Lock" by John Constable at Christie's | | Greek experts find Roman-era shipwrecks nearly a mile deep off an island | 
Johann Christian Neuber, Box inlaid with semiprecious stones and a miniature of Friedrich Augustus III, Elector of Saxony, attributed to Dolst, gold, carnelian, agate, moss agate, jasper, petrified wood, faux-pearls, and watercolor on paper, Signed “Neuber à Dresde,” Dresden, c. 1775. L.: 3¼ inches, W: 2½ inches, H.: 1½ inches. Private collection. Photo: © Éditions Monelle Hayot/Thomas Hennocque.
NEW YORK, NY.- Johann Christian Neuber (1736–1808) was one of Dresden’s most famous goldsmiths. Sometime before 1775 he was named court jeweler to Friedrich Augustus III, elector of Saxony, and in 1785 he was appointed curator of the Grünes Gewölbe (Green Vault), the magnificent royal collection of Augustus the Strong, the founder of the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory. A travel book published in 1782 that listed Dresden’s notable sights praised Neuber’s “extraordinary dexterity,” noting that “his pieces worked in mosaic are especially admired by all connoisseurs.” For more than thirty years, Neuber created small gold boxes, chatelaines, and watchcases decorated with local semiprecious stones such as agate, jasper, and carnelian. He fashioned enchanting landscapes, elaborate floral designs, ... More | | 
John Constable, R.A., The Lock. Oil on canvas, 56 x 47.1/2 in. (142.2 x 120.7 cm.) in the original gilt plaster and carved wood frame. Estimate: £20,000,000 – 25,000,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
LONDON.- Christie’s will offer The Lock by John Constable (1776-1837) at the Old Master & British Paintings Evening Auction on Tuesday 3 July. The sale of this masterpiece represents a major moment for the international art market as collectors from all over the world convene in London for the summer sales. One of six paintings that make up the artist’s most celebrated series of large scale works which also includes The Hay Wain, now in The National Gallery, London, The Lock is the last to remain in private hands. From the Private Collection of Baroness Carmen Thyssen Bornemisza, it has been sold only once since it was acquired from the artist. When bought at auction in 1990 for £10.8 million, it became the most valuable British painting ever sold at the time – a record it held for 16 years. It is expected to realise £20 million to £25 million on 3 July. Jussi Pylkkänen, President of Christie’s Europe, Mi ... More | | 
Broken ancient pottery from the wreck of a 3rd century AD Roman-era ship. AP Photo/Greek Culture Ministry.
By: Nicholas Paphitis, Associated Press
ATHENS (AP).- Two Roman-era shipwrecks have been found in deep water off a western Greek island, challenging the conventional theory that ancient shipmasters stuck to coastal routes rather than risking the open sea, an official said Tuesday. Greece's culture ministry said the two third-century wrecks were discovered earlier this month during a survey of an area where a Greek-Italian gas pipeline is to be sunk. They lay between 1.2 and 1.4 kilometers (0.7-0.9 miles) deep in the sea between Corfu and Italy. That would place them among the deepest known ancient wrecks in the Mediterranean, apart from remains found in 1999 of an older vessel some 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) deep off Cyprus. Angeliki Simossi, head of Greece's underwater antiquities department, said sunken ancient ships are generally found 30-40 meters (100-130 feet) deep. Most scholars believe that ancient traders were unwilling to veer far offshore, unlike warships which were unburdened by ballast and cargo ... More |
| Archaeologists discover One thousand years of history in a Sicilian farmland estate | | 1,600-year-old mosaic at Israeli city of Tiberias synagogue damaged by vandals | | Sotheby's to offer a fully functioning Apple I; First Apple Computer made by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak | 
The history of a Sicilian farmland estate is set in stone. Excavations show thousand years of existence. Photo: Petra Greger.
VIENNA.- Archaeological excavations have provided the first substantiation that a farmland estate in Sicily boasts a history which reaches back over a thousand years. Numerous finds demonstrate the continuous use of the land complex as a nexus of settlement and economic and religious life between the 5th and 16th century. The findings are the result of two projects of the Austrian Science Fund FWF which comprise the first in-depth archaeological exploration of Sicily´s Byzantine period. The projects´ findings are now accessible to the public in the Krahuletz Museum in Eggenburg, Austria. Sicily is popular - and not only for travellers to Italy. Its strategic location has garnered the attention of various historical superpowers. While the ancient era saw the island dominated first by the Greeks and later the Roman Empire, in the High Middle Ages it was the centre of the Norman state in Southern Italy. The full four centuries of Byzantine rule prior to that are less well known - n ... More | | 
A 1,600-year-old badly damaged mosaic. AP Photo/IAA, HO.
By: Diaa Hadid, Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP).- Vandals badly damaged a rare 1,600-year-old mosaic in the northern Israeli city of Tiberias that formed the floor of an ancient synagogue, smashing parts to rubble and scrawling graffiti, antiquity officials said Tuesday. Experts suspect extremist Jews who object, sometimes violently, to excavations they claim involve ancient grave sites. There was no claim of responsibility. Police are investigating. Guards found the damage on Tuesday morning, said archeologists involved in the site. The mosaic, dating 400 years after the birth of Jesus, was one of the best preserved and beautiful of its period, according to archaeologists. It featured illustrated zodiac signs and the traditional symbolism of a fourth-century synagogue: ritual candelabras and palm fronds. The synagogue's ruins, including its ancient mosaic floor, were in a fenced-off area of a national park in Tiberias, next to the Sea of Galilee. It listed the names of the synagogue's chief patrons in ancient ... More | | 
‘The Apple Computer’ was created by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976 and presented to the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto the same year. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s is to offer an Apple I- an exceptionally rare working example of the first Apple computer with the original cassette interface, operating manuals and a rare BASIC Users’ Manual. The Apple 1 heralded the start of the personal computing revolution by allowing users to type letters on a keyboard rather than through a panel of lights and switches. The device will be included in the Books and Manuscripts sale on 15th June 2012 and is estimated to fetch $120/180,000. ‘The Apple Computer’ was created by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976 and presented to the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto the same year. It was dismissed by everyone except Paul Terrell, the owner of a chain of stores called Byte Shop who ordered 50 for $500 each which he then offered to the public for $666.66. Terrell insisted that the circuit boards come fully assembled rather than as kits, so Jobs and Wozniak buil ... More |
| Scottish auctioneers to sell the collection of a U.S. media family in Edinburgh | | China Guardian Auctions Co.'s 2012 Spring Auctions season yields over $337mm USD in sales | | Andy Warhol's take on the Queen, from the Reigning Queens series, for sale at Bonhams | 
F.C.B. Cadell, Tulips. Estimate, £60,000-80,000 (US$95.000-127,000).
EDINBURGH.- Scottish auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull are to sell the contents of the New York home of Donald L. Taffner, iconic independent television producer and his wife Eleanor B. Taffner. Their Greenwich Village home, dating from 1822, contains one of the most important collections of Scottish works of art from the early 20th century. Valued at up to £1,000,000, (US$1.59) of particular note are the furniture, drawings and paintings by the Glasgow Four; Charles Rennie Mackintosh, his wife Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, her sister Frances Macdonald MacNair and her husband James Herbert MacNair. They will be sold at Lyon & Turnbull’s Edinburgh saleroom on the 7th September 2012. The quintessential American success story, Donald and his wife and business partner, Eleanor, were responsible for bringing television shows to the American public such as, ‘Three's Company’, ‘Too Close for Comfort’ and & ... More | | 
Detail of The Whole Country is Red (Unissued) Stamp, Rare, FV.
BEIJING.- China Guardian Auctions Co., Ltd. concluded its 2012 Spring Auctions, realizing a total of 2.141bn yuan ($337.235mm USD) over two sessions, from May 12-15, 2012 and May 16-21, 2012. The final session, Stamps and Covers, Coins, Banknotes and Bronze Mirrors Auction, yielded 79.90mm yuan ($12.59mm USD) in sales. “In response to the overall environment of the art market, we have made several changes to the number of lots and catalogs, which led to remarkable results. During the Spring Auctions, we found that the market is starting to move toward more refined segments,” comments Mr. Guo Xueguang, General Manager, Stamps and Coins Department. “Lots that are rare are especially favored, such as the "Long Live Complete Victory of the Great Cultural Revolution" stamps which sold for 7,302,500 yuan ($1.150mm USD), setting a new record in China; and a full set of original series renminbi which sold for 4,025,00 ... More | | 
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987), Queen Elizabeth II (from Reigning Queens) Screenprint, 1985. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- A rare trial proof copy of Andy Warhol’s 1985 portrait of The Queen is to be auctioned at Bonhams Print Sale in London on 11 July. It is estimated at £40,000-60,000. The signed and numbered print, Queen Elizabeth II, is from the Reigning Queens series which also includes the Queens of Denmark, the Netherlands and Swaziland. It was his last print-portrait before his untimely death in 1987. It is based on a portrait of Queen Elizabeth painted in 1977 to mark her Silver Jubilee. Given Warhol’s fascination with transvestites of whom he painted a series in the 1970s called Drag Queens or Ladies and Gentleman, the Reigning Queens title is clearly intended as a pun on Raging Queens. The two series also share the same bright, almost garish palettes. As always with Warhol, however, the flippancy masks a more serious point about the nature of celebrity and image in the modern world. Writing of Warhol and his port ... More |
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| Christie's Hong Kong Spring Sales of Chinese Paintings achieve HK$782,284,000/US$100,758,179 | | South Africa's Goodman Gallery to remove painting from website after thousands protest | | "Goin' Home, Goin Home": Mike Kelley's mobile homestead to be built in Detroit | 
The sale of Fine Chinese Classical Paintings & Calligraphy on the afternoon of May 28 realized in excess of HK$205,111,250 (US$26,418,329).
HONG KONG.- Christie’s Hong Kong Chinese Painting sales this spring season achieved HK$782,284,000 (US$100,758,179) over the course of two days. The sale of Fine Chinese Classical Paintings & Calligraphy on the afternoon of May 28 realized in excess of HK$205,111,250 (US$26,418,329) making the sale the most valuable in the history of the category for Christie’s. The two sales on May 29, Fine Chinese Modern Paintings and Grandiose and Mysterious – Magnificent Paintings by Cui Ruzhou, achieved HK$577,172,750 (US$74,339,850) with an overall sold rate of 91% by lot and 93% by value. Ben Kong, International Specialist Head of Christie’s Chinese Paintings Department, remarked, “The sales of Fine Chinese Modern Paintings this season marked a sold rate of 91% by lot and 93% by value. Among all the sold lots, 82% sold over the pre- ... More | | 
An unidentified man defaces a controversial portrait of South African President Jacob Zuma at the Goodman Gallery. AP Photo/eNews.
By: Donna Bryson, Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP).- A handwritten sign that said "whites hate blacks" and was carried by one of more than 2,000 protesters in Johannesburg on Tuesday shows that a fierce national debate over a painting depicting the president's genitals is about more than art and the constitution. Mapule Kgomo, a black woman from the outskirts of Johannesburg who wrote the sign, said she drew her conclusion about fellow South Africans who are white after seeing the painting, titled "The Spear," that a white South African had made of President Jacob Zuma, who is black. "I hate whites passionately after that painting," she added. "I'm so hurt." On Tuesday, a spokesman for the Goodman Gallery said it has agreed to remove images of the painting from its website. The painting itself ... More | | 
Kelley had signed off on plans and a site for the project in late 2011 before his death in January 2012.
DETROIT, MI.- Mobile Homestead, one of Mike Kelley’s last major projects, will be completed later this year in Detroit, the city where the artist spent the first two decades of his life. Kelley grew up in a 1950s single-story ranch-style house in Westland in the suburbs of Detroit. Kelley’s Mobile Homestead project is based on the construction of a full-size replica of the childhood home, relocated to the center of the city in a reversal of the ‘white flight’ which accelerated after the ‘12th Street Riot’ of 1967. Kelley had signed off on plans and a site for the project in late 2011 before his death in January 2012. The Trustees of the Mike Kelley Estate have now agreed with the commissioners of Mobile Homestead, the London-based arts organization Artangel, the LUMA Foundation and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) that the project will be completed this year. Kelley envisioned the ... More |
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 Susanne Ghez steps down at The Renaissance Society after 40 years CHICAGO, IL.- Susanne Ghez, who has led The Renaissance Society since 1973, has informed the Board of Directors of The Renaissance Society of her intention to step down from her position as Executive Director and Chief Curator in January 2013. Over the course of her 40 year tenure in this role, Ghez has established The Renaissance Society as one of the leading presenters of contemporary art in the world, and has introduced the Midwest to numerous artists whose works have since become icons of contemporary art. Jennifer Levine, President of the Board of Directors, thanked Ghez. “Susanne Ghez built The Renaissance Society’s international reputation by establishing ambitious exhibition and education programming. Through her leadership, The Renaissance Society has achieved a standard of excellence for programming that meets or exceeds ... More Fundacion Mapfre presents the exhibition Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) MADRID.- This past week, FUNDACIÓN MAPFRE presented the exhibition Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938), which will be on display in the Salas Recoletos (Paseo de Recoletos 23, Madrid) until 2 September. Comprising 153 works including oil paintings, works on paper and sculptures, this exhibition will only be shown in Madrid. In addition, there is a complementary selection of 35 modern prints of the photographs through which Kirchner documented his life and creative activities. The exhibition offers an in-depth exploration of all the phases in the artist’s career and the media in which he worked. As such it presents a radical rethinking of traditional art historical interpretations of his figure. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) was one of the leading figures of German Expressionism, a co-founder of the celebrated group Brücke [Bridge] in 1905 and one of the great artists ... More Historic New England awards prize for collecting works on paper BOSTON, MA.- Historic New England awards its 2012 Prize for Collecting Works on Paper to M. Stephen Miller and DeWolfe & Wood, Antiquarian Book Dealers. Miller spent more than thirty years assembling a comprehensive collection of Shaker ephemera documenting Shaker industries and craft. Selections from his collection of more than sixteen thousand items have been included in numerous books on Shaker material culture and history and have been shared with researchers and the general public through publication, exhibitions, and loans. His publications on Shaker ephemera include A Century of Shaker Ephemera (1988), Handled with Care (2006), From Shaker Lands and Shaker Hands: A Survey of the Industries (2007), and Inspired Innovations (2010). These books amply illustrate, describe, and contextualize his collections. The entire collection is being transferred ... More Author's son seeks Malcolm X letter at Syracuse By: Michael Hill, Associated Press
ALBANY (AP).- The son of Malcolm X's biographer is asking Syracuse University to hand over a letter in which the slain activist writes about his shifting views on race relations, claiming his family is the rightful owner. Malcolm X wrote to Alex Haley, his collaborator for "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," from Saudi Arabia in April 1964, about ten months before he was gunned down at a New York City hotel ballroom. The publisher of the autobiography later gave the letter to Syracuse University as part of a larger cache of papers to be used by researchers. But Haley's son, William Haley, said the publisher never had legal title to the letter and could not give it away. His lawyer said Tuesday he plans to make a legal demand this week for the letter, ... More Julien's Auctions to resent Sports Legends/Music Icons Auction on June 23rd and 24th BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Julien’s Auctions, the world’s premier entertainment and celebrity estate auction house, announced Music Icons and Sports Legends, an unprecedented collection of music and sports memorabilia being offered in a two-day auction, June 23-24, 2012. The historic collection of items to be auctioned include iconic pieces from contemporary stars of Rock-n-Roll to legendary icons and sports heroes who made history. Also to be auctioned is The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards’ famed "Hell" t-shirt which is being offered for the very first time from the often reclusive artist. The ripped sleeveless white T-shirt toured with Richards during the Rolling Stones 1981 American Tour and was often photographed. The shirt can also be seen in the concert film Let's Spend the Night Together (Est: $1,000-$2,000). Other highlights among the hundreds of items being offered ... More Galleri Lars Olsen presents two video works by Swiss artist Jessica Faiss COPENHAGEN.- Jessica Faiss, born 1973 in Switzerland and living in Stockholm, exhibist two video works, REWIND and SOLITUDE. In this exhibition, we are met with works that are based in movement and moments of frozen motion in unpopulated environments, which describe the condition of travelling in a continuous meditative transfer. Physical movement is a recurrent theme in Jessica Faiss’ video work, and she describes her work herself as a method of capturing feelings of vulnerability and solitude simultaneously with peace and freedom. It is about meeting oneself in an existential phase and where the suggestive and monotonic movement between country landscapes and futuristic urban settings set the scene for such a meeting. Jessica Faiss uses different techniques where the language of pictures is captured in a visual purity and reduction. In her video works ... More 1908 Summer Games set the stage for other Olympics By: Danica Kirka, Associated Press
COPENHAGEN.- Wearing baggy shorts and a cloth tied around his head, the small Italian runner's legs buckled from exertion. It appeared as if he might faint beneath the finishing tape rather than break it. Dorando Pietri's finish during the 1908 marathon in London was captured on film and replayed around the world — telling the public everywhere about this new sporting event: The Olympics. "It created one of those iconic moments of drama," said Rebecca Jenkins, author of "The First London Olympics: 1908." "It was the vision of the everyman, the little engine that could ... that anyone from any backwater could come and that you could do things through any great odds." London first hosted the Olympics in 1908 — a time when the games were in their ... More |
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