| Works by Hopper, O'Keeffe, Bierstadt, and Sully lead Christie's Sale of American Art | | Works from the Banque Cantonale Vaudoise art collection on view at The Fondation de l'Hermitage | | Art Institute of Chicago opens new galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine art | 
Thomas Sully, Portrait of General George Washington, 1842. Estimate: $700,000-1,000,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced the sale of American Art on 28 November, which will showcase a superb selection of 19th and 20th century American art. The sale is comprised of works ranging from early historical portraiture to the daring work of American Modernists. Highlights from the sale include masterpieces by Georgia O’Keeffe, Edward Hopper, Frederic Edwin Church, Everett Shinn, Paul Manship, and Childe Hassam. Comprised of 140 lots, the sale of American Art is expected to realize in excess of $33 million. The sale is led by Edward Hopper’s October on Cape Cod, which presents a view of a house and small barn from across a deserted road, permeated by profound silence and stillness (estimate: $8,000,000-12,000,000). Gone is the clear blue, summer sky, replaced by the subtle, gray-tinged autumn light. The artist frequently drove around the Cape in search of subject matter, often drawing and painting from ... More | | 
Jean-Luc Manz, Imbiss 6, 2007. Acrylique sur toile, 223 x 168 cm. Collection d'art BCV, acquisition 2010© Collection d'art BCV. Photo: Georg Rehsteiner.
LAUSANNE.- The Fondation de l'Hermitage hosts an exclusive exhibition dedicated to the Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (BCV) art collection. The exhibition puts contemporary talent center stage and features over 100 pieces of 20th and 21st century art by artists with close ties to the Canton of Vaud. The BCV art collection comprises around 2000 pieces by artists who were born or work in Vaud and is the largest private collection of its kind in the Canton. The collection is at once uniform and eclectic: all the artists have ties to the Canton but the collection encompasses different generations, styles and techniques - illustrating both the breadth and quality of the Vaud art scene. It includes several works by traditional Vaud painters as well as a large number of contemporary pieces by local artists that have been supported by BCV throughout their careers. Since its inception over forty years ago, the BCV collection h ... More | | 
Bust of Athena (detail), c. 2nd century a.d. Roman. Anonymous loan. Photo by Erika Dufour.
CHICAGO, IL.- Four thousand years of artistic achievement in the ancient Mediterranean world are on display at the Art Institute of Chicago this fall in the beautiful new Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art, opened to the public on November 11, 2012. These dramatic new sunlit spaces, situated in McKinlock Court (G150–154), a strategic crossroad of the museum, have been fully re-imagined to present some of the Art Institute’s oldest and most significant objects in fresh and compelling new ways. With over 150 exceptional loans from private collections and public institutions around the world complementing the museum’s own rich holdings, the inaugural display, titled Of Gods and Glamour, allows the Art Institute to tell the rich story of lives led in the ancient and medieval Mediterranean world. Life-size marble sculptures of goddesses and portraits of emperors and em ... More |
| Antiquities-Saleroom announces its next online auction to be held on November 16 | | First New York exhibition of new work by Günther Uecker since 1966 opens at Haunch of Venison | | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich offers a rare opportunity to see Ansel Adams work in the UK | 
A Mayan Polychrome Cylinder - Kerr Rollout 8277, Mayan Territories, Mexico Ca.600 - 900 AD. Estimate $15,000 -$20,000.
DENVER, CO.- Antiquities-Saleroom, a subsidiary of Artemis Gallery, announced their next online auction, Friday, November 16th, at 9 AM PST. Showcasing lots from Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Middle East, India, China and the Far East, and the Pre-Columbian Americas, all items in this auction have been legally acquired and are legal to sell. According to Co-Founder and Managing Director Teresa Dodge, “We pride ourselves in full compliance with UNESCO and various national treaties and we feel that is the only way to insure confidence in our clients. All items offered for sale are guaranteed to be authentic and not ‘in the style of’ any ancient culture, or your money back.” According to Geoffrey VanderWoude, Antiquities-Saleroom’s latest hire (and graduate student of Classics at the University of Colorado in Boulder, perusing this latest auction offering is like taking a tour of the art of the ancient world. “It’s an amazing array of art tha ... More | | 
Günther Uecker, Optische Partituren I (Optical Scores I), 2012. Paint (glaze) on canvas, 78 3/4 x 63 in. (200 x 160 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Haunch of Venison.
NEW YORK, NY.- Haunch of Venison presents a seminal exhibition by Günther Uecker, the first New York exhibition of new work by the artist since 1966. One of Germany’s most influential living artists, Uecker has created over fifteen new works for this show, which will include iconic nail works alongside works that continue the artist’s aim to confront global political, cultural, and religious tensions worldwide. The exhibition immediately follows a survey show of the artist’s work at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Iran. Uecker’s new work continues his lifelong exploration of violence, redemption and religion – most clearly expressed in his formal, abstract use of nails as a medium, for which the artist is renowned. After exhibiting extensively in Europe and the United States in the 1950’s and 60’s, Uecker began to exhibit in non-traditional regions such as Mongolia, Egypt and Ira ... More | | 
Fern Spring, Dusk, Yosemite Valley, about 1961 Photograph by Ansel Adams.
GREENWICH.- Ansel Adams (1902 – 1984) was a photographic pioneer who brought the American wilderness into the homes of millions with his spectacular images of rugged and romantic landscapes. Despite being the most popular and arguably the most influential photographer in American history, Ansel Adams: Photography from the Mountains to the Sea at the National Maritime Museum is a rare opportunity to see his work exhibited on a large scale in the UK. Of the over one hundred original prints featured, many have never before been on display in the UK. The exhibition comes to the National Maritime Museum from the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts. Best known for his monumental photographs of mountains and parklands Ansel Adams: Photography from the Mountains to the Sea is the first exhibition to focus on Adams’s lifelong fascination with water in all its forms. This major new display brings together the finest examp ... More |
| Comprehensive survey of Andy Warhol's Flowers paintings on view at Eykyn Maclean | | "The Guitar: An American Love Story" exhibition opens at the Tennessee State Museum | | Julien's Auctions sells Judy Garland's dress worn in The Wizard of Oz for $480,000 | 
Andy Warhol, Flowers, 1964, acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen, 24 x 24 inches, © 2012 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Eykyn Maclean is presenting a comprehensive survey of Warhol's Flowers paintings of 1964 and 1965. Gallery Director Kristy Bryce explains, “This show brings together prime examples of Warhol’s Flowers in a variety of media to explore the series in a depth not previously addressed in an exhibition format.” Warhol began work on his Flowers series in the summer of 1964, soon deciding that it would be the focus for his first show with Leo Castelli in the fall of that year. For the Castelli show, he worked on 48- and 24-inch square canvases. For his following show, at the Sonnabend Gallery in Paris in the spring of 1965, he included additional sizes – 14-, 8-, and 5-inch squares. The square format allowed Warhol complete freedom with orientation. ... More | | 
Keith Richard’s 1953 Fender Telecaster. Photograph by Jerry Atnip.
NASHVILLE, TN.- An exhibition featuring a selection of some of the rarest guitars ever created —ranging from vintage models to celebrity-owned favorites —opened to the public at the State Museum on November 8. The free exhibition, entitled, The Guitar: An American Love Story, showcases more than 150 world-class guitars gathered from both private and museum collections. This is the only time in which this remarkable, assembled collection will appear together in one gallery, available to the general public. Highlights include: • One of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll Elvis Presley’s personal guitars. Courtesy of Graceland, Memphis, TN. • Standout guitars from Grammy-winning entertainer Vince Gill’s private collection including his cherished 1942 Martin D-28. • Three-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Eric Clapton’s 1958 Gibson Explorer. On loan from a private collection. • ... More | | 
Judy Garland’s blue gingham dress (Est: $400,000-$600,000), from The Wizard of Oz. AFP PHOTO / JOE KLAMAR.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Julien’s Auctions announced a historic final bid price on one of the most iconic screen worn dresses of all time – Judy Garland’s blue gingham dress from The Wizard of Oz when she portrayed Dorothy Gale. The dress sold for an unprecedented $480,000 in a day marked by solid global demand for Hollywood memorabilia from every era. Crowds gathered early during the two-day auction event held at Julien’s Auctions Beverly Hills Gallery while phone bids from around the world remained constant throughout the day and evening. Highlights from the highly anticipate event included the ultimate in Hollywood cool, Steve McQueen’s Racing Jacket which sold for $50,000 and Jaclyn Smith’s Charlie Angel’s dress from the popular series of the 1970s-1980s which sold for $15,000 and a pair of clear plastic ... More |
| Exhibition explores Marcel Duchamp's impact on four great contemporary artists | | Auckland-based Peter Stichbury opens second solo show at Tracy Williams, Ltd. | | Exhibition of new work by Huang Yong Ping opens at Gladstone Gallery in New York | 
Bride, 1912, Marcel Duchamp, American (born France), 1887 – 1968. Oil on canvas, 35 1/4 x 21 7/8 inches (89.5 x 55.6cm) Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950. © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris/Succession Marcel Duchamp.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Examining one of the most important chapters in the history of contemporary art, Dancing around the Bride is the first exhibition to explore Marcel Duchamp’s American legacy by tracing his interactions and exchanges with four postwar masters: composer John Cage, choreographer Merce Cunningham, and visual artists Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg. The exhibition features over one hundred works, including more than sixty by Johns and Rauschenberg and more than forty by Duchamp, as well as prerecorded and live music by John Cage and live performances of choreographies by Merce Cunningham. Many of these works are being seen together for the first time and reflect the artists’ multiple levels of engagement across the disciplines of art, dance, and ... More | | 
Peter Stichbury, Pechorin Peach, 2012. Acrylic on linen, 39.4 x 31.5 inches (100 x 80 cm).
NEW YORK, NY.- In his second solo show at Tracy Williams, Ltd., Auckland-based Peter Stichbury continues his investigation into the psychological positioning and hierarchical maneuvering of individuals in response to particular social conditions and virtual environments. Through the superfluous man and his close ally the Byronic hero, Stichbury riffs on this interplay - as poignant and layered now as it was 150 years ago when the superfluous man personified these issues. The predicament of the superfluous man, the Russian literary archetype developed by Turgenev, Dostoevsky and their contemporaries from the seed of the Byronic hero, reflects aspects of the present. Today the focus on achievement and externally determined goals can lead to a sense of not achieving anything of significance. The alienating factors differ, certainly, but the effect on the subject is similar. Whereas the superfluous man’s ... More | | 
Installation view. © Huang Yong Ping. Photo: Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels.
NEW YORK, NY.- Gladstone Gallery announces an exhibition of new work by Huang Yong Ping. A founding member of the Xiamen Dada group in China during the mid-1980s – a movement that espoused the idea that “a new life calls for a new art, a new life has no need of art” – Huang Yong Ping strives to create a new mode of connecting art, politics, and cultural awareness, using art to instigate reform. Drawing on formal and conceptual practices from both Eastern and Western art historical traditions, Huang Yong Ping probes issues of national identity, politics, and social phenomenon to create works that call cultural stereotypes and philosophical narratives into question. For this exhibition Huang Yong Ping uses taxidermied animals, a material present in his earlier work, to create three installations that explore notions of time, chaos, and the relationship between religion and power. The main gallery space f ... More |
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 Works by contemporary artists to be sold at Christie's to benefit the Brooklyn Museum NEW YORK, NY.- Christie's will offer four exceptional works of art donated to benefit the artistic activities of the Brooklyn Museum. The proceeds from this sale will help to support a dynamic program of special exhibitions, the preservation and presentation of its world renowned holdings, and a wide range of related public programs. The four works signed Fred Tomaselli, Takashi Murakami, Mickalene Thomas and Gilbert & George are going to be sold during the day sale of Post-War and Contemporary art on November 15, most of them were made especially for this auction. “The Board of Trustees of the Brooklyn Museum and I are immensely grateful to Gilbert and George, Takashi Murakami, Mickalene Thomas, and Fred Tomaselli for their ongoing and great friendship and exceptionally generous support for the Museum. The proceeds from their extraordinary works of art will provide ... More Stunning, never-before-shown works on paper created by Elie Nadelman on view at June Kelly Gallery NEW YORK, NY.- An exhibition of drawings by Elie Nadelman — stunning, never-before-shown works on paper created by the 20th Century master after he came to New York in 1914 — opened at the June Kelly Gallery, 166 Mercer Street, on November 9. The exhibition will continue through December 11. The pen and inks, washes, and pencil sketches demonstrate Nadelman’s preoccupation with the simplest of artistic elements, the curve. They also reflect his artistic innovations in pre-World War I Paris and his observations of American life and society after his arrival here. The drawings in the show will be accompanied by two small sculptures from the same period. All the work is from the artist’s estate. Nadelman had emerged in the decade before World War I as an influential member of the European avant-garde, along with Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. In an essay ... More Tammam Azzam's solo exhibition of new digital and installation art on show at Ayyam Art Center DUBAI.- Displaced Syrians feel a deep connection and sadness with the events unfolding in their country. As each day brings word of another friend or family member perishing, they feel silenced and immobile, unable to take any action, to cause any formidable change or provide assistance. ‘Syria’, Tammam Azzam’s solo exhibition of new digital and installation art on show from 10 November until the 31 December at Ayyam Art Center, is his way of reaching out, of sounding his pain and protest and shedding light on the matter. Exhibited exactly one year from the start of the series and curated by acclaimed Syrian artist Safwan Dahoul, these works extend a political commentary on the upheavals in their homeland that have led to the Syrian Uprising and the subsequent destruction and violence. Utilizing the entirety of the exhibition space in the vast Ayyam Art Center, this expansive ... More Studio Museum juxtaposes new work in diverse media with mid-20th century photography in new exhibition NEW YORK, NY.- The Studio Museum in Harlem announced the Fall/Winter 2012–13 season, featuring Fore and Gordon Parks: A Harlem Family 1967, both on view November 8, 2012 to March 10, 2013. Juxtaposing new work in diverse media with iconic mid-twentieth century photography, Fore and Gordon Parks together exemplify the breadth of the Studio Museum’s mission. Fore is the highly anticipated fourth installment of the Studio Museum’s “F” series, which includes Freestyle (2001), Frequency (2005–06) and Flow (2008). Director and Chief Curator Thelma Golden conceived of Freestyle in 2000, recognizing a need to both invest in the presentation of emerging artists of African descent and identify the diverse themes and ideas these artists were working with at the beginning of new century. Freestyle and its successors launched an international debate about the terms of black art, as ... More Ashmolean autumn exhibition: "Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan" OXFORD.- This autumn, the Ashmolean Museum presents the first exhibition devoted to the art of Meiji textiles ever to be held outside Japan. Many of us are aware of the beauty of the traditional Japanese kimono; Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan introduces the less well known but equally spectacular ornamental textiles that were made for the Western market during Japan’s Meiji era (1868–1912). This was the famous period of ‘Japonisme’, which saw the European Impressionist painters exploring themes and styles taken from Japanese art, and Victorian rooms filled with Japanese decorative arts and crafts. The Meiji era was an extraordinarily rich artistic period. As well as prints, ceramics, lacquerware and metalwork, Japanese artists produced exquisite embroideries, sophisticated resist-dyed silk and velvet panels, grand tapestries, and appliqué ... More Libyans discover video art after four-decade cultural vacuum By: Youssef Ba
TRIPOLI (AFP).- Libya's first video art exhibit proved a hit in Tripoli, drawing scores of spectators in a country emerging from 42 culturally barren years under the regime of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi. People from all over the capital flocked to the seaside Old City this month following the itinerary charted by "First Glance," an outdoor exhibition organised by The Arete Foundation for Arts and Culture, a Libyan initiative. "Art, music and spectacles were not considered politically correct during the Kadhafi regime," recalled Abdessalem Fraj, in his 40s, who had never experienced anything other than officially sanctioned art until the strongman's death in October 2011. Indeed, such cultural initiatives were a no-go during the previous regime. Kadhafi's personality ... More William Kentridge I am not me, the horse is not mine on view in The Tanks at Tate Modern LONDON.- A major video installation by South African artist William Kentridge recently donated to Tate is being displayed for the first time in the UKin The Tanks at Tate Modern from 11 November to 20 January. The presentation of I am not me, the horse is not mine 2008 follows the success of The Tanks’ opening festival. The Tanks at Tate Modern are the world’s first museum galleries permanently dedicated to exhibiting live art, performance, installation and film works. I am not me, the horse is not mine comprises eight six-minute films which share one soundtrack. The films are projected simultaneously across the walls of the tank and each is played on a continuous loop to create an immersive audio-visual environment, which resists the establishment of a single narrative. Each short film contributes layers to a story that references Russian modernism, from Soviet film of the 1920s and ... More |
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