| The Best Photos of the Day |  |  | MOGOSOAIA.- US painter Anthony Salzman works during a Byzantine icon painting workshop, on November 8, 2012, in Mogosoaia, north-east of Bucharest. Painters from Greece, Russia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, United States participate in this week-long workshop. AFP PHOTO / ANDREI PUNGOVSCHI. | | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Major international loan exhibition at the Getty Museum explores the art that gave rise to the Renaissance | | Thieves in South Africa steal $2 million worth of art at the Pretoria Art Museum in Johannesburg | | Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University opens new Zaha Hadid-designed building | 
Bernardo Daddi, A Crowned Virgin Martyr, about 1340 (detail). Tempera and gold leaf on panel, 61.6 x 30.5 cm. ©Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- In the first half of the fourteenth century, Florence was uniquely positioned as a flourishing center of artistic production, especially in the area of painting and manuscript illumination. Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance: Painting and Illumination, 1300–1350, a major international loan exhibition on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum from November 13, 2012 through February 10, 2013, will present the most prominent Florentine artists of this era, and will feature the largest grouping of paintings by the Florentine master Giotto di Bondone ever exhibited in North America. The exhibition will focus on those artists who worked as both panel painters and manuscript illuminators, examining these two media side by side and offering a fresh look at the distinctive ... More | | 
A Hugo Naudé "Hottentot Chief" oil on canvas. AP Photo/The City of Tshwane.
By: Jon Gambrell, Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP).- Thieves posing as eager art students with their teacher stole more than $2 million worth of paintings from a museum in South Africa's capital in a daring armed robbery, authorities said Monday. The theft Sunday at the Pretoria Art Museum saw robbers calmly pay $2.25 apiece for tickets and ask a curator to show them specific paintings at the gallery before they pulled out pistols and forced all others to the ground, officials said. They tied up the curator and others before collecting the paintings they previously asked about, official said. The robbers favored oil paintings in their theft, grabbing a 1931 painting by famous South African artist Irma Stern of brightly colored sailboats waiting against a pier, city spokesman Pieter de Necker said. ... More | | 
Eli and Edythe Broad.
EAST LANSING, MICH.- The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University opened this past Saturday at a dedication ceremony attended by 2,000 people, including Eli and Edythe Broad, MSU President Lou Anna Simon, Architect Zaha Hadid and Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder. Dedicated to exploring global contemporary culture and ideas through art, the Broad Art Museum at MSU will serve as both an educational resource for the campus community and a cultural hub for the Mid-Michigan region. The museum will present contemporary works within a historical context through access to a study collection of more than 7,500 objects, ranging from the Greek and Roman periods to modern art. The museum is named in honor of MSU alumnus Eli Broad and his wife, Edythe, longtime supporters of the university who provided the lead gift of $28 million for the museum. The total fundraising goal for the building is $40 million, of which $38. ... More |
| Edward Hopper's Vermont watercolors featured in new book by Bonnie Tocher Clause | | Major early work by Mikhail Larionov to headline MacDougall's Russian Art Auctions | | Trisha Donnelly organizes exhibition of works from MoMA's collection as part of Artist's Choice Series | 
Book Jacket illustration: Edward Hopper, First Branch of the White River, Vermont, 1938. Watercolor over graphite on paper, 21-2/4 x Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
LEBANON, NH.- Edward Hopper's plein air watercolors of rural Vermont evidence another side of the artist known for his iconic depictions of urban loneliness and isolation. During summer excursions between 1927 and 1938, Hopper recorded his singular interpretations of the Vermont landscape, watercolors and drawings of hillsides and meadows, roadside views, and scenes along the White River against the backdrop of the Green Mountains. These little-known works, rarely published, are reproduced sequentially in Edward Hopper in Vermont (University Press of New England) along with the stories of their creation and their subsequent acquisition by private collectors and museums. Bonnie Tocher Clause traces Edward and Jo Hopper's automobile trips through Vermont as they searched for new places to paint. These journeys ... More | | 
Mikhail Larionov, Autumn Twilight. Estimate: 190,000-250,000 GBP
LONDON.- Une journée de mai, an outstanding early work by Mikhail Larionov, one of the most important avant-garde artists of the last century, is for sale at MacDougall’s Important Russian Art auction 5pm, 25 November 2012. His Impressionist paintings from this period are not only rarely found on the market but rarely found even in museum collections. This work, which carries a pre-sale estimate of 900,000-2,000,000 GBP, was painted in 1904 at Tiraspol where the artist spent his childhood and to which he returned that summer, producing much of his best plein air work. Another hugely significant Impressionist work, Flowers on a Veranda, also painted at Tiraspol in the early 1900s, was sold at MacDougall’s May auction for 1,192,000 GBP. The painting was widely exhibited after the artist’s death in 1964. It was shown at his posthumous retrospectives at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon and the Acquavella G ... More | | 
Vincent van Gogh, Sorrow, 1882. Lithograph, composition: 15 3/8 x 11 3/4″ (39.1 x 29.9 cm); sheet: 18 3/8 x 14 5/8″ (46.7 x 37.1 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art has chosen Trisha Donnelly as the tenth artist to participate in Artist’s Choice, a series in which an artist whose work is in the Museum’s collection is invited to organize an exhibition from MoMA’s vast holdings. Artist’s Choice: Trisha Donnelly, on view from November 2, 2012 through April 8, 2013, presents rarely seen 20th-century photographs, films, design objects, prints, drawings, paintings, and sculpture in three of The Alfred H. Barr Painting and Sculpture Galleries on the fourth and fifth floors of the Museum. The exhibition is organized by Trisha Donnelly with Laura Hoptman, Curator, and Cara Manes, Collection Specialist, Department of Painting and Sculpture. The selected works—which range from color nature photographs to drawings by visionary architects—have been ... More |
| South Korea's top cultural treasure, Namdaemun (South Gate), rises from the ashes | | Phillips de Pury & Co. announces Robert Kennan appointed to be head of London Editions Department | | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 'crown jewels' are highlight at Shanghai exhibition | 
A craftsman paints South Korea's foremost historical treasure, Namdaemun (South Gate). AFP PHOTO / KIM JAE-HWAN.
By: Nam You-Sun
SEOUL (AFP).- Five years ago, as he watched TV images of South Korea's foremost historical treasure being engulfed in flames lit by a lone arsonist, Hong Chang-Won remembers having to turn his head away. "It was too heartbreaking to see such beautiful architecture being destroyed like that," said Hong, a registered master craftsman who specialises in traditional Korean ornamental painting. Seoul's 600-year-old Namdaemun (South Gate), listed as "National Treasure Number One" and a source of immense cultural pride, was burned pretty much to the ground on February 10, 2008. The largely wooden structure that had managed to survive the devastation of the 1950-53 Korean War was reduced to ashes by a disgruntled 69-year-old man with some paint thinner and a cigarette lighter. Nearly five years later, following one of the longest, most expensive restoration projects ever undertaken ... More | | 
An expert in fine art prints and editions, Kennan has engaged himself in every aspect of the field and has worked as an appraiser, printmaker and publisher.
LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company announced the expansion of its European presence with a new Editions department in London with Robert Kennan as Head. The inaugural London sale will take place on 27th February 2013, with the department offering two sales a year in the Evening format following the successes of the New York Evening Editions sales. “We are delighted to welcome Robert Kennan to Phillips de Pury & Company to head up Modern and Contemporary Editions London. His wealth of experience and depth of knowledge is an invaluable asset that will contribute greatly to the successful expansion of our sale categories in London.” Michael McGinnis, Chief Executive Officer, Phillips de Pury & Company. With nearly twenty years of experience in the international auction business, Robert Kennan will oversee both the creative and business aspects of the London Editions department. An expert in fine art prints and ... More | | 
Attributed to: Li Cheng , Chinese , 919-967 C.E. A Solitary Temple Amid Clearing Peaks, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127). Image: 44 x 22 in. Overall (1-1/2" hanging string): 88 x 22 1/2 inches in. Hanging scroll, ink and slight color on silk. Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust.
KANSAS CITY, MO.- The most treasured Chinese landscape paintings from The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art collection are part of a special 60th anniversary exhibition at the Shanghai Museum that opened this month to enormous crowds and much praise. The special exhibition, Masterpieces of Early Chinese Painting and Calligraphy in American Collections, is an assemblage of masterpieces showcasing the best Chinese paintings and calligraphies from the 10th to the 14th centuries. More than 8,000 visitors are attending each day. The Nelson-Atkins is among the rare museums that can tell the story of Chinese painting during the Song Dynasty, considered one of the world’s greatest artistic revolutions. The Chair of the Nelson-Atkins Board of Trustees, Sarah Rowland, attended the opening of the exhibition with ... More |
| Deutsche Bank to run Berlin contemporary art museum without Guggenheim Foundation | | A new falcon flies for Tefaf Maastricht: The fair that defines excellence in art focuses on three core values | | First ever full-scale survey of Jim Shaw's work opens at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art | 
The Deutsche Guggenheim museum in Berlin. AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL.
BERLIN (AFP).- Germany's top bank, Deutsche Bank, said Monday it would continue to run a museum for contemporary art in Berlin without its erstwhile partner, New York's Guggenheim Foundation. From April 2013, the Deutsche Guggenheim on Berlin's stately Unter den Linden boulevard will be renamed the Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle and operate under new management, the bank said in a statement. Deutsche Bank started its partnership with the Guggenheim Foundation in 1997 and the Berlin museum has welcomed around 140,000 visitors each year. "Our Kunsthalle should be a place where young, promising talent can be seen first," Deutsche Bank board member Stefan Krause said in a statement which called Berlin the "focal point" of its cultural sponsorship. The final joint exhibition between Deutsche Bank and Guggenheim, called "Visions of Modernity", opens this week. The Kunsthalle will honour Pakistan's Imran Qureshi as Artist of the Year 2013 and feature his first solo ... More | | 
TEFAF Maastricht has a new logo with a stylised falcon and a stronger typography for the Fair’s title.
HELVOIRT.- Over the past 25 years TEFAF Maastricht has established an unrivalled reputation as the world’s leading fair for art, antiques and design. Now The European Fine Art Fair, which will take place in the MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre) in the southern Netherlands from 15 to 24 March 2013, aims to strengthen this position by adopting a new corporate identity and by focusing on three core values – Excellence, Expertise and Elegance. These project and reinforce the character of a fair that defines excellence in art and attracts collectors, connoisseurs, curators and art market professionals from around the world. TEFAF Maastricht has a new logo with a stylised falcon and a stronger typography for the Fair’s title. The need for a more contemporary appearance meant that the falcon, the Fair’s traditional symbol, needed to be redesigned. The new look reduces it to its essence creating a more ... More | | 
Jim Shaw, Dream Object (Eyeball TV Model) 2006. Courtesy the artist and Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York.
GATESHEAD.- Jim Shaw (born 1952) is one of America’s most important and prolific contemporary artists. Part of a ground-breaking group that graduated from CalArts in the late 1970s including Mike Kelley, John Miller and Tony Oursler, Shaw has one of the most distinctive visual imaginations of his generation. BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead presents the first ever full-scale survey of his work internationally and the first large-scale solo exhibition for 13 years. It brings together more than 100 paintings, sculptures, drawings and videos from the last 25 years, including several works that have never been exhibited before. Shaw’s work is informed by a relentless inquiry into the imagery of popular culture, the vernacular, art history, politics, religion and myth, as well as his own unconscious mind. An obsessive cultural cataloguer, he draws from these disparate sources to make work in ... More |
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 Ravenel's inaugural Fine Jewels and Jadeite Sale led by a fancy intense blue and pink diamonds ring HONG KONG.- Ravenel will hold its inaugural Fine Jewels and Jadeite Sale at Grand Hyatt Hong Kong at 2:30pm, 25 Nov (Sunday). The sale will showcase a vast array of splendid jewelry , led by a stunning 2.07 carat pear-shaped Fancy Intense Blue Diamond and 2.33-carat pear-shaped Fancy Intense Pink Diamond “Toi et Moi” Ring; and a Burmese Jadeite, Demantoid Garnet and Diamond Pendant Necklace by Gimel, amongst other colored diamonds, gemstones and jadeite. This inaugural sale proudly presents more than 120 items of jewels and jadeite, totalling approximately HK$90million/ NT$342million*. Benjamin Chen, the President of Ravenel’s Jewelry Department, remarked, “High jewelry gives an impressive performance in recent years’ international auction markets, attracting a soaring number of eager collectors to participate. Considering this, Ravenel International Art ... More Silver centrepiece depicting a railway bridge which inspired Claude Monet on sale at Bonhams LONDON.- This monumental piece of French craftsmanship is featured in the Fine Silver sale at New Bond Street on 21st November (estimate £40,000-£60,000). François-Désiré Froment-Meurice (1802-1855) was a French silversmith who achieved considerable fame and prestige during his lifetime. His list of patrons included Queen Victoria and Napoleon III and his objects can be seen in the V&A and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. One of the plaques on the bowl of the centrepiece illustrates a ‘Bicycle’ locomotive pulling a train across the bridge at Argenteuil. This was a famous scene of inspiration for the impressionist painter, Claude Monet. Subtly embedded in the design of the centrepiece, it is a celebration of the new Arts of Industry and Commerce. At over half a metre in height and weighing almost twenty kilograms this important piece of industrial commemoration is ... More First career-spanning monograph of American master Harold Feinstein to be published by Nazraeli Press NEW YORK, NY.- Harold Feinstein: A Retrospective (Nazraeli Press) is the first career-spanning monograph showcasing the work of Harold Feinstein, a master of small-format black and white photography. Encompassing six-decades of his vibrant career, this book celebrates the rediscovery of one of the medium's great New York street photographers, particularly renowned for his love affair with Coney Island. The book will publish internationally in December 2012, following a previously announced pre-publication release in Boston in October 2012, which coincides with an accompanying exhibition at Boston's Panopticon Gallery on view through December 31, 2012. The centerpiece of the book is a selection of Feinstein's iconic photographs of Coney Island that remained his favorite location to shoot throughout his career. This six-decade love affair has resulted in a collection ... More Tate Britain opens major display featuring works by Ian Hamilton FInlay LONDON.- Tate Britain presents a major Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006) display which was unveiled in the Duveens Galleries today as part of the BP British Art Displays. One of the most original and important artists of the twentieth century – and early in his career Britain’s foremost concrete poet – Finlay’s sculptures play with the juxtaposition of words and images. The display includes 24 works incorporating sculpture in wood, neon, bronze, ceramic and stone as well as prints alongside books and cards. Ian Hamilton Finlay initially made his reputation publishing plays, short stories and poems in the mid-1950s. In 1963 he published his first collection of concrete poetry, at the same time as he initiated a move from the printed page into making sculptures. He came to use a range of materials to convey his poems using both words and images. The wood sculpture, Starlit Waters 1967 ... More $100,000+ Hermes Diamond Birkin tops epic holiday offering of luxury handbags at Heritage Auctions DALLAS, TX.- An Hermès 35cm Diamond, Black Crocodile Birkin with 18K White Gold Hardware – one of the most exclusive handbags on the entire planet – is expected to bring $100,000+ on Dec. 4 at Heritage Auctions as the top lot in the company’s Holiday Handbags & Luxury Accessories event. “While spectacular, the Black Diamond Birkin is just the tip of the iceberg in the auction,” said Matt Rubinger, Director of Luxury Accessories at Heritage Auctions. “With 395 Hermès lots alone, out of 942 total handbags being offered, I can safely say this is the single finest and largest grouping of Hermés ever offered, at auction, as the centerpiece of what is likely the greatest handbag auction ever held.” Many of the Hermès bags in the auction are so exclusive that there is no store in the world that a collector could walk in to and simply order or take down from a shelf. “There’ ... More Antik A.S. to offer masterpieces of modern & contemporary Turkish art ISTANBUL.- Antik A.S., the leading auction house in Turkey, will offer exceptional paintings by the most important Modern & Contemporary Turkish Artists. The offering features prime examples by the titans of the Modern & Contemporary Turkish Artists – Fahrel Nisa Zeid, Erol Akyavaş, Burhan Doğançay, Mubin Orhon, Ferruh Başağa and Adnan Çoker. The auction will take place on November 18, 2012 at the Swissotel the Bosphorus and will present selected 225 lots among the most important works of the top Turkish artists. Highlights will be exhibited in Istanbul until 18th of November. Olgac Artam, auctioneer of the sale, said “It is a great honor for Antik A.S. to be entrusted with such an important group of works that offer a panoramic view of the Modern & Contemporary Turkish Art. Individually and collectively, all the works represent a remarkable opportunity for collectors.” ... More Evocative Japanese bamboo art at Bellevue Arts Museum BELLEVUE, WA.- Bellevue Arts Museum, the Pacific Northwest’s center for the exploration of art, craft and design, is pleased to announce Modern Twist: Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Art, an exhibition exploring the innovative shape bamboo art has taken since the mid-twentieth century. With rare wall-hung installations and pieces never before seen in the United States, Modern Twist brings one of the most vibrant cultural art forms to the forefront of the international art world. The exhibition will be on view at Bellevue Arts Museum from November 13, 2012 through February 3, 2013. Bamboo art is a unique Japanese phenomenon. As early as the eighth and ninth centuries, bamboo objects were used in Buddhist rituals, tea ceremonies and ikebana (Japanese flower arranging), and became important features of these traditions. Though it might be less widely extolled as a ... More |
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