| Moretti Fine Art shows fine works by Italian masters in Shanghai for the first time | | Property from a distinguished private collection highlights Christie's Sales of Antiquities and Old Masters Paintings | | First Bay Area museum overview of Jasper Johns's work in 35 years opens at SFMOMA | 
Giovanni Martinelli (1600-1659), Allegory of Astronomy. Oil on canvas, 65 x 50 cm.
SHANGHAI.- Exhibiting at the Shanghai Fine Jewellery and Art Fair (Stand G5) at the Shanghai Exhibition Center (SEC), China, from 3 to 11 November 2012 for the first time, Moretti Fine Art presents fine works by masters of the Italian Renaissance and other periods to this new and exciting market. One of the highlights is a Florentine tondo, depicting The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and two shepherds by The Master of Memphis (active c.1500-1510). When this panel appeared at auction in 1961 it was catalogued as by Filippino Lippi (c.1457-1504), son and pupil of Fra Filippo Lippi (c.1406-1459), but scholars, including Everett Fahy, Jonathan Nelson and Patrizia Zambrano, have subsequently attributed this tender devotional image to the anonymous Master of Memphis. The latter, an unidentified assistant to Filippino, has been dubbed the Master of Memphis after a work in the collection of the Brooks Mus ... More | | 
A Roman Marble Portrait Head of Anisthenes, circa late 1st-early 2nd century A.D. 18 in. (45.7 cm.) high. Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced the inclusion of an important single-owner collection in the December 5, 2012 Antiquities sale and the January 30, 2013 sale of Old Master Paintings. The artists of the Renaissance looked to the world of Antiquity for inspiration and this beautifully curated collection reflects that important historical connection. The superb group of works reflects the passion and intelligence of true connoisseurs, ranging from Ancient Egyptian canopic jars and painted Attic amphorae to a masterpiece by the celebrated 16th-century portraitist Scipione Pulzone, and iconic works such as the bust of Marcus Aurelius and the extraordinarily rare Madonna and Child by Fra Bartolommeo. The collection is estimated to realize in excess of $14 million. A demonstration of veritable ... More | | 
Jasper Johns, 0 through 9, 1960; oil on canvas; 72 x 54 in. (182.8 x 137.1 cm); Collection of Helen and Charles Schwab, fractional gift to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; © Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Throughout his career, contemporary American artist Jasper Johns, now 82, has found new ways to explore, as he once put it, "how we see and why we see the way we do." Continually reinventing his own work, he has driven key transformation in the art world for nearly 60 years. On view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art from November 3, 2012, through February 3, 2013, Jasper Johns: Seeing with the Mind's Eye surveys the full scope of Johns's achievements and also reflects the very particular interest in his art in the San Francisco Bay Area. This major exhibition, the first museum overview in San Francisco in 35 years, was organized in close cooperation between Jasper Johns and Gary Garrels, SFMOMA's Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, ... More |
| Tate announces new acquisitions of modern and contemporary African art and related programme | | Exhibition of new work by celebrated British artist Phyllida Barlow opens at Hauser & Wirth in New York | | New Works: Paintings by Carole Bayer Sager on view at William Turner Gallery in Santa Monica | 
Mira Schendel, Untitled 1963. Oil paint on canvas support: 1459 x 1140 mm. Presented by Tate Members 2006 © Mira Schendel.
LONDON.- Tate announced its new acquisitions of modern and contemporary African art and related programme in Africa as part of its unique partnership with Guaranty Trust Bank plc (GTBank). Tate will launch a two-year project entitled Across the Board at Tate Modern on 24 November 2012. This project will consist of a series of events featuring emerging African artists and exploring recent practices in the continent. The launch will include a day of performances by artists Otobong Nkanga (b.1974, Nigeria) and Nástio Mosquito (b.1981, Angola) in The Tanks, the new spaces dedicated to performance, live and film works at Tate Modern. The project will contribute to local expertise and networks when it takes place in three cities in Africa in 2013 and 2014: Accra in Ghana, Douala in Cameroon and Lagos in Nigeria. In summer 2013 Tate Modern ... More | | 
untitled: toppledobject, 2012. Scrim, cement, paint, wood, 180 x 50 x 40 cm / 70 7/8 x 19 5/8 x 15 3/4 in© Phyllida Barlow. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Alex Delfanne.
NEW YORK, NY.- Hauser & Wirth New York presents ‘...later’, an exhibition of new work by celebrated British artist Phyllida Barlow. Opening 5 November 2012, this dense and exuberant sequence of installations is Barlow’s US follow-up to her recent solo show ‘siege’ at the New Museum in New York City. The exhibition continues her exploration into the ways in which sculpture can dissolve boundaries between realms of experience. ‘...later’ will remain on view through 22 December. For more than forty years, the urban environment has preoccupied Phyllida Barlow and provided a fecund source for her process-oriented sculpture. Construction debris, signs, fences, and discarded objects are the sorts of unloved materials she adopts, assembles, and paints colorfully ... More | | 
Carole Bayer Sager, Avalanche.
SANTA MONICA, CA.- William Turner Gallery opened New Works: Paintings by Carole Bayer Sager. The show opened on November 1st, with a reception for the artist. The exhibition features Bayer Sager’s evocative new series of paintings, which focus on abstracted subjects. Rich in color and sensual surface textures, the paintings range from micro to macro views of peanuts, popcorn and cracker-jacks, amongst others. These intimate and expansive perspectives create an intentional ambiguity, allowing viewers to more freely tap into their own associations. According to Bayer Sager, “I have been surrounded by pop culture my entire life. I live it and add to it when writing songs. In my recent paintings, I am fascinated by studying small and often overlooked every day subjects, and enlarging them beyond their natural states, transforming them into something entirely new.” Bayer Sager’s artistic progressi ... More |
| Installation at The Royal Ontario Museum highlights objects that are BIG | | Leading auction house Saffronart announces first sale by an Indian auction house of Pakistani art | | China's painful past displayed under political shadow in businessman Fan Jianchuan's six museums | 
Detail of Abstract Fiberglas furnishing textile by Owens-Corning for Co-FabCo, c. 1950 - 1954, USA. 2001.122.1 This acquisition was made possible by the generous support of the Textile Endowment Fund. Photo: Royal Ontario Museum © 2012.
TORONTO.- The Royal Ontario Museum unveiled BIG, the newest installation in the Patricia Harris Gallery of Textiles & Costume on Level 4 in the Museum’s Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. A stunning display, BIG is exclusively drawn from the ROM’s collection of nearly 50,000 textiles and costumes. Showcasing 40 artifacts from around the world, this unique exhibition includes objects assuming their BIG status in a myriad of ways. With some objects publicly displayed for the first time, the installation offers a fresh, new way of exploring the ROM’s renowned collections. BIG continues until Fall 2013. “This installation highlights objects that are BIG,” states Dr. Alexandra Palmer, Nora E. Vaughan Fashion Costume Curator in the ROM’s World Cultures department. She continues, “BIG is not just about size. Even the smallest textile ... More | | 
Imran Qureshi, Moderate Enlightenment 2. Estimate: Rs. 6, 00,000-7, 50,000/ $12,000 - $15,000.
MUMBAI.- Close on the heels of the recent positive steps in India-Pakistan relations comes a historic auction of Pakistani art hosted by India’s leading auction house, Saffronart. Appropriately the “Art of Pakistan” auction is headlined by a portrait of one of the most recognized Bollywood stars by one of the most recognized Pakistani contemporary artists - Salman Khan’s portrait by Rashid Rana - as a symbol of the cultural exchange between the two countries,. The auction presents a unique opportunity for collectors to acquire an exceptional selection of artworks by pre-eminent modern and contemporary Pakistani artists. With a total of 70 lots, this 24-hour auction of the Art of Pakistan will take place online at www.saffronart.com on November 7-8, 2012. The auction features significant works by modern masters including Sadequain, Ahmed Parvez, Jamil Naqsh and Anwar Jalal Shemza, as well as distinguishe ... More | | 
A staff member dressed as a Revolutionary Guard at Fan Jianchuan's Cultural Revolution museum near Chengdu, in Sichuan province. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON.
CHENGDU (AFP).- A group of museums commemorating China's violent Cultural Revolution is opening up normally tightly controlled discussion of the chaotic era -- but only up to a point. Businessman Fan Jianchuan has opened six museums about the ten year period beginning in 1966 when China's then-leader Mao Zedong called on ordinary citizens to struggle against entrenched interest groups -- including government officials. The 55-year-old says he's filled six warehouses with artefacts from the period, when young people formed often violent "Red Guard" groups and those labelled as "capitalist roaders" were publicly tortured at mass rallies. "I see myself as an archaeologist of the Cultural Revolution," Fan, a former government official who made a fortune as a real estate developer, told AFP in his museum office in the southwestern ... More |
| RSL's Dec. 1 auction features Allen Liffman lifetime collection of black Americana | | Third solo show for the Scottish artist John Byrne opens at The Fine Art Society in London | | A solo exhibition of Syrian artist Khaled Takreti opens at Ayyam Gallery in Dubai | 
German-made clockwork automaton, black version of comic character ‘Jiggs,’ est. $3,500-$5,500. RSL Auction image.
TIMONIUM, MD.- Anyone who has bought or sold black Americana or finer-quality black-theme toys is likely to know Allen Liffman, a trailblazing dealer in African-American antiques. Over the past 30 years, Liffman has also been an active and enthusiastic collector of rare black Americana, and on Saturday, Dec. 1, RSL Auction Company will have the honor of auctioning his lifetime collection. The 630-lot sale will also be highlighted by the mechanical bank collections of two esteemed former members of the MBCA – the late Waldo Hutchins III and the late William H. Labelle Sr. “We had sold a few of Allen Liffman’s black toys in our July 1st auction,” said RSL partner Ray Haradin. “They did so well that Allen decided to consign his entire collection to our December sale. We’re really happy ... More | | 
John Byrne, Self Portrait on White, 2012.
LONDON.- The Fine Art Society announced their third solo show for the Scottish artist John Byrne. Consisting of an entirely new body of work, the exhibition, one of his largest to date, is being displayed across two floors of the gallery. Byrne’s return to painting after two decades of critically acclaimed writing for the theatre and for television has seen his reputation as an artist of great merit grow. At 72, Bryne is living a quiet life in Edinburgh where he paints incessantly. Being happily emancipated from any ‘school’ or ‘scene’ allows him a pleasurable and productive time in the studio. Almost everything Byrne paints is cultivated from his boyhood memories and his imagination. Byrne was brought up in a dire housing scheme in Paisley in the 1950s at a time when the town was known as the murder capital of Scotland. There is no doubt that a sense of danger pervades his paintings, especially in u ... More | | 
Khaled Takreti (1964 -), 'Portrait', 150 x 150 cm. Acrylic on Canvas 2011.
DUBAI.- From the 5 to the 29 November, Ayyam Gallery DIFC will present, ‘Silence’ a solo exhibition of Syrian artist Khaled Takreti. Departing from his usual heavily saturated candy coloured canvases, a subdued palette of sepia and grey tones and stark backgrounds render this body of work more engaging as the viewer is able to quietly impose onto the world of these silent characters. In many of the portraits there is an almost palpable loneliness, yet there is no sense of weakness in Takreti’s characters. They stare directly at the viewer, almost challenging him to ponder over the internal thoughts lying behind their detached facades. Takreti states that his desire with this series is to present a less romantic, more contemporary view of external life. His paintings are a mirror of himself, and at present, with the ... More |
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 India's effigy sculptors turn to human memorial statues SMALL GIRIZ (AFP).- In a busy sculpture workshop in west India, there is one unfamiliar face alongside the images of divine figures such as Jesus, the Virgin Mary and Hindu goddess Parvati. This is Ivy, the late beloved wife of 82-year-old Peter Pereira, and she is being commemorated in a life-size bust. The fibreglass figure is the latest example of a growing trend: commissioning memorial sculptures of the dead. For when a photograph is not enough, the Sequeiras -- a third-generation family of religious effigy makers -- operate a successful sideline to bereaved relatives who want a three-dimensional tribute to their lost loved ones. Using old photographs to capture a likeness, the statues and busts are made of wood or fibreglass, coloured with paint and completed with realistic glass eyes. In Ivy's case, they plan to finish the look with spectacles. "I will feel she is still here because of the ... More Exhibition brings together work by a group of artists who have travelled to and spent time in the Galápagos EDINBURGH, IL.- This exhibition brings together work by a group of artists who have travelled to and spent time in the Galápagos archipelago through a residency programme initiated in 2007. Each artist was invited on the basis of their profound engagement with the opportunity, and each found the experience transformative for their artistic practice and their life. The Gulbenkian Galápagos Residency Programme gave the artists a unique opportunity to engage with the islands on their own terms, whether observing the strange wildlife, spending time with scientists carrying out research, travelling with tourists or meeting members of the local population who have chosen to live there. They found plenty of material to inspire new work, providing insights into the complexity of the social and environmental challenges that impinge on this fragile ecosystem. A World Heritage Site ... More Sharon Lockhart re-animates the extraordinary work of Israeli dance composer and textile artist Noa Eshkol NEW YORK, NY.- The Jewish Museum presents Sharon Lockhart | Noa Eshkol, the East Coast premiere of Sharon Lockhart's latest body of work, from November 2, 2012 through March 24, 2013. In this exhibition, co-organized by the Los Angeles Museum of Art (LACMA) and The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Lockhart engages the legacy of Noa Eshkol, the Israeli dance composer, theorist, and textile artist who created an innovative notation system that describes virtually every perceptible movement of the body. Conceived by Lockhart as a two-person exhibition, Sharon Lockhart | Noa Eshkol consists of a new, large-scale, five-channel film installation, series of photographs and architectural interventions by Lockhart, and a selection of Eshkol's carpets, scores, and archival drawings. This exhibition opened at the Israel Museum in December 2011 and subsequently was shown at LACMA. ... More Museum of Glass presents Ray Turner: Population, exhibition of portraits on glass TACOMA, WASH.- Museum of Glass presents Ray Turner: Population, an exhibition of portraits on glass that portray a broad cross-section of American people, including members of the Tacoma community. The exhibition opened at Museum of Glass on Saturday, November 3, 2012. The exhibition comprises approximately 200 paintings rendered in lush layers applied to glass. The initial subjects of these portraits were Turner’s family, friends and acquaintances—the network of people who populate his life—along with members of the communities that have hosted the show. At every venue, Turner incorporates new portraits of ordinary, interesting and, often times, marginalized people who embody some aspect of the locale into the body of work that increasingly reflects our nation’s diveristy. For Tacoma, Turner has included portraits of the Museum's glassblowers ... More Grosvenor House Apartments by Jumeirah Living hosts acclaimed art collection from Mark Humphrey LONDON.- Grosvenor House Apartments by Jumeirah Living unveiled the installation of the Diamonds and Flames collection by leading artist designer Mark Humphrey at its luxury accommodation on Park Lane in London. Following the success of Humphrey’s debut solo show, Art in Life, held recently at prestigious Mayfair gallery Osborne Samuel, select pieces from his portfolio are now being showcased to residents in the reception and seven-storey vaulted atrium that lie at the heart of Grosvenor House Apartments. Hailed as one of the most accomplished artist/designers of his generation, Mark Humphrey’s work embraces the full artistic spectrum from fashion to sculpture and architecture, using only the highest quality materials and cutting-edge manufacturing technology to create statement pieces and heirlooms for future generations: ‘modern antiquities’ and timeless spaces. ... More Comprehensive exhibition of Azerbaijani contemporary art opens at me Collectors Room Berlin BERLIN.- Opened on November 2, 2012, the Heydar-Aliyev-Foundation of Azerbaijan is presenting FLY TO BAKU, the most comprehensive exhibition of Azerbaijani contemporary art ever shown in Germany. With 94 works by 21 artists from three generations, the exhibition in Berlin offers unique insights into the current state of this country’s art scene. FLY TO BAKU presents diverse positions situated between the Islamic visual tradition and modern influences. All contemporary art media, including painting, sculpture, installation, video, performance and photography, can be seen here. Many of the numerous works created specifically for FLY TO BAKU reflect both Azerbaijan’s thousand-year history and the fundamental changes faced by the former Soviet republic since its independence in 1991. The country has been represented at the Venice Bienniale since 2007. The Museum ... More |
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