| Dallas Museum returns Orpheus Mosaic to Turkey at DMX signing ceremony | | A Show Of Hands: Sotheby's announces sale of photographs from The Collection of Henry Buhl | | Kept in Jean-Léon Gérôme's family for 140 years, Promenade du Harem will be sold at auction | 
Detail of Orpheus Taming Wild Animals, Eastern Roman Empire, near Edessa, A.D. 194. Marble, mosaic, 64 3/4 x 60 in. Photo: courtesy of Dallas Museum of Art.
DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art today signed a memorandum of understanding with the Turkish Director General for Cultural Heritage and Museums O. Murat Süslü, marking the first initiative in the Dallas Museum of Art’s new DMX international exchange program. DMX (Dallas Museum Exchange) is designed to establish international collaborations for the loan of works of art and sharing of expertise in conservation, exhibitions, education, and new media. The DMA contacted Turkish officials earlier this year when the Museum discovered evidence that a work in the collection—the Orpheus Mosaic—might have been stolen from an archaeological site in Turkey. With the Museum’s planning for the DMX program already underway, the DMA’s engagement with Turkey regarding the mosaic opened the lines of communication that led to Turkey ... More | | 
Herbert Beyer, Lonely Metropolitan. Est. $300/500,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- On 12 & 13 December 2012 Sotheby’s will present one of the world’s most significant privately owned photograph collections with the auction A Show Of Hands: Photographs From The Collection of Henry Buhl. The single owner sale explores the theme of the human hand, encompassing works from the art form’s early 19th century pioneers to the masters of 20th century photography and beyond. It was assembled over a period of 20 years by the visionary philanthropist and collector Henry M. Buhl and was the subject of the critically-acclaimed exhibition Speaking With Hands: Photographs from the Buhl Collection at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York in 2004. It has since been featured in many of the world’s most renowned institutions, from Moscow to Macau. The sale is led by Alfred Stieglitz’s Hands with Thimble from 1919 (est. $800,000/1.2 million), a study of the painter Georgia O’Keef ... More | | 
Jean-Léon Gerome(1824 - 1904), Promenade du Harem. Oil on canvas Signed “J.L.GEROME." on the lower left, 86 x 150,50 cm.
PARIS.- The Orientalist Painting department at Artcurial Briest Poulain F.Tajan, lead by Olivier Berman, shows once again its world-leading position, in putting on sale a remarkable painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme. The descendants of Madeleine Gerôme, the daughter, kept the totally unheard-of piece in the artist’s family until this day. With an estimate price of € 800,000 / 1,200,000 the painting has every chance to attract collectors and institutions. Indeed, its magical subject, incredible quality, undeniable provenance and important size, make some of the fabulous aspects of this painting. The sale will be divided into six major themes including 55 paintings from European private collections. The total estimate is €2,3 – 3,2 million. As shown in the past exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay “Jean-Léon Gérôme, L’histoire en spectacle” and at the Getty Museum in 2011, Gérôme was imaginating i ... More |
| Iconic calendar signed by Marilyn Monroe highlights Heritage Auctions' entertainment event | | Uzbekistan claims 'undiscovered' masterpiece by Italian Renaissance master Paolo Veronese | | Ecstatic abstractions in pure resin art by Andrea Dasha Reich on view in Miami | 
A Marilyn Monroe Rare Signed Nude Calendar, Circa 1952.
DALLAS, TX.- A rare autographed Marilyn Monroe calendar featuring the young model stretched out in her "New Wrinkle" pose is expected to bring $8,000+ in Heritage's Dec. 14 Entertainment & Music Memorabilia Entertainment Signature® Auction. The 1952 calendar is one of the few Monroe ever signed and in this instance personalized to Mary Karger, sister of Fred Karger who was a director of music at Columbia Pictures in addition to being Monroe's vocal coach and one-time love interest. "This auction has something from every era of American entertainment, with an emphasis on personally-owned-or-worn memorabilia," said Margaret Barrett, director of Entertainment & Music Memorabilia. "These items were near and dear to entertainer's hearts and are instantly recognizable as belonging to Elvis, Cher, and even Prince." An enormous collection of replica 'crown jewels' from various Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films is expected to bring $20,000+ and tak ... More | | 
People stand under a huge poster promoting the exhibition dubbed "Revival of a Masterpiece" organisers say is a lost painting by Italian Renaissance master Paolo Veronese. AFP PHOTO.
By: Muhammadsharif Mamatkulov
TASHKENT (AFP).- The Central Asian state of Uzbekistan has with much fanfare put on display what it says is a lost masterpiece of Western art, a painting by Italian Renaissance master Paolo Veronese. The painting, which Uzbek experts say is one of several versions Veronese painted portraying the lamentation after Christ’s descent from the cross, has gone on display at the Uzbek State Arts Museum. However the Italian embassy in Tashkent has urged caution, saying while the show is a remarkable event, further work will be needed to confirm that the picture is a genuine Veronese. The State Arts Museum unveiled the painting in an exhibition called the "Revival of a Masterpiece", presenting it to the public at a ceremony with Uzbek officials, the Italian ambassador and Russian Orthodox ... More | | 
Andrea Dasha Reich, Hibiscus, 2011. Layered epoxy resin and pure pigments on sintra, 48" x 48".
MIAMI, FL.- On view at the worlds largest fine art trade show Art Expo Miami + SOLO December 5- 9 2012, artist Andrea Dasha Reich will exhibit her large scale artworks made almost entirely of epoxy resins and pure pigments. Exhibition hours are 12noon- 8pm from Wednesday the 5th until Sunday the 9th, with an opening reception for invitation only on Tuesday the 4th from 6- 10pm. Andrea Dasha Reich, born in Prague and schooled in Jerusalem at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design is an international contemporary abstract artist, residing in the U.S. She has been widely collected and recognized for her mastered works in resin. Inspired by the organic shapes and planes of nature, Reich’s artworks are a woven interplay of rich color spectrums that explore the depth and intricacy of the abstract world we live in. With the use of epoxy resin as her main form of medium, along with her skillfully composed unique color co ... More |
| Works spanning forty years of Mario Nigro's career on view at The Kunstsammlung Chemnitz | | Bonhams 20th Century Decorative Arts Sale comprises outstanding pieces from across decades | | RM Auctions concludes record 2012 calendar with $11.5 million John Staluppi 'Cars of Dreams' Museum sale | 
Mario Nigro, Scacchi (Checks), 1952. Oil on canvas, 146 x 116 cm. By courtesy of A arte Studio Invernizzi, Milano© Archivio Mario Nigro, Milano.
CHEMNITZ.- The Kunstsammlung Chemnitz is showing the exhibition Mario Nigro. Works 1952-1992 from 1 December 2012 to 3 February 2013. Nigro (1917-1992) is one of the most important representatives of geometrical abstraction in Italy. The exhibition highlights about 32 large works dating from the last four decades of the artist's life. Curated by Francesca Pola, the retrospective exhibition is being organized together with the Archivio Mario Nigro 20 years after the artist's death. Following the catalogue raisonée edited by Germano Celant in 2008, the first retrospective exhibition of Mario Nigro's oeuvre in Germany is now being shown. The 32 works have been chosen so as to underscore the complexity and originality of this artist's oeuvre. Mario Nigro created new visual languages in the later post-war period which opened his work to embrace an international perspective by way of ... More | | 
Agathon Léonard (French, 1841-1923), Marguerite gilt-bronze. Height 20 1/4in (51.5cm). Est: $20,000-30,000. Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Bonhams 20th Century Decorative Arts sale in New York on December 11 offers a full range of 20th to 21st century decorative arts for collectors and aficionados alike. Individuals who are looking for a strong representation of decorative arts from the various categories, from Arts and Crafts through to studio works by contemporary artisans, will find treasures at all price points. High points of the sale include a rare Rookwood Pottery electro-deposit copper plated glazed earthenware dragon vase, circa 1898 (est. $4,000-$6,000). This vase, designed by Kitaro Shirayamadani, who developed and perfected the electro-deposit technique, is from a short production period combining electro-plated metal and ceramic that lasted only five years for Rookwood. Also of note is a stellar selection of Tiffany glass and metal work, including a pair of ... More | | 
John Staluppi as he poses by his 1929 Pierce-Arrow Custom Brougham. AP Photo/J Pat Carter.
BLENHEIM, ON.- RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house for investment-quality automobiles, concluded is 2012 calendar on a high note in Florida this past weekend (December 1), generating more than $11.5 million in sales with 100 percent of all lots sold at its John Staluppi ‘Cars of Dreams’ Collection sale in North Palm Beach. The result of a decade of dedicated collecting by respected collector and successful entrepreneur, John Staluppi, the single-day auction presented a magnificent range of American automobiles and memorabilia before a standing-room only crowd. Capturing the attention of the global collector community, bidders hailed from 10 countries from around the world, including as far away as Brazil, Germany and Australia. On a national level, bidders represented 42 states across the United States. “We’re thrilled with the results from the John Staluppi ‘Cars of Dr ... More |
| Complete 20 volume set of Edward Curtis' landmark The North American Indian at Heritage | | "Fortuny y Madrazo: An Artistic Legacy" on view at Queen Sofía Spanish Institute in New York | | Transformative modern artist Sol LeWitt wall drawing installed at Einstein Medical Center Montgomery | 
The Harriman Twenty-Volume Set from Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian: The Most Important Such Set Remaining in Private Hands.
DALLAS, TX.- A work of profound national pride and historical importance, Edward S. Curtis' The North American Indian is expected to bring $900,000+ when it makes its auction debut Dec. 11 at Heritage's Political, Western Legends & Americana Memorabilia Signature® Auction. The 20-Volume original subscription set represents nearly three decades of work and more than 1,500 rarely-seen hand printed photographs of Native Americans of the Western United States and Alaska. This complete 20-Volume Set represents nearly three decades of work, and more than 1,500 rarely-seen hand printed photographs of Native Americans of the Western United States and Alaska. "At its core, Curtis' The North American Indian is a national treasure besides being a stunningly-beautiful testament to native peoples," said Tom Slater, Director of Americana Auctions at Heritage. "This is almost certainly the most important 20-Volume Curtis set remaining in private ... More | | 
Mrs. William Wetmore modeling a Delphos gown in front of Fortuny fabric. Originally published in Vogue, December 15, 1935. Photo: Lusha Nelson © Condé Nast Publications.
NEW YORK, NY.- Queen Sofía Spanish Institute is presenting Fortuny y Madrazo: An Artistic Legacy, a seminal exhibition analyzing the work of celebrated Spanish artist and designer Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (1871–1949) in the context of the family of artists from which he descended. Conceived by and curated with Oscar de la Renta, chairman of the Institute’s board of directors, this is the first exhibition to examine the impact of both the matrilineal and paternal artistic legacies on Fortuny’s groundbreaking work in numerous fields, from textile and clothing design to visual arts, and elaborating on the origins and influences that shaped his extraordinary career. Fortuny was born into an artistic dynasty in Spain, and the work of his forefathers had a profound impact on him. Fortuny himself declared, “I have always had many interests, but I have always considered painting to be my profess ... More | | 
Much like an architect’s blueprints or a composer’s score, LeWitt’s wall drawings begin as sets of instructions meant to be deciphered and interpreted.
EAST NORRITON.- A new installation of work by transformative modern artist Sol LeWitt demonstrates the vision of Einstein Medical Center Montgomery, where architecture, design and efficiency work together with staff excellence and medical innovation to deliver an unparalleled patient experience. The bright colors and unpacked cubes of LeWitt’s Wall Drawing #972 will grace the first floor corridor of the medical center for 25 years through a generous loan from the artist’s estate, serving as a feast for the eyes for staff, patients and visitors and providing a rare opportunity for the public to access this important work of art. The installation enriches Einstein Montgomery’s brand-new, state-of-the-art medical facility — one whose patient-focused aesthetic sensibility mirrors its holistic, community-focused approach to healthcare. Opened this fall on Sept. 29, Einstein Montgomery (559 W. Germantown Pike, East Norriton, PA) is the first completely new medical ... More |
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 The Southwestern collection of Bob Langell to be offered at Clars OAKLAND, CA.- On Sunday, December 9, 2012, Clars Auction Gallery will offer the exceptional collection of Southwestern art from the Estate of Bob Langell of Oakland, California. Langell, an avid collector of southwestern art, owned New Mexico Art Supply in Albuquerque (NM) where he developed relationships with many of the artists he collected. Langell also owned California Art Supply in Oakland (CA) until his retirement ten years ago. Among the highlighted works from the Langell Estate will be “Spur Line (Las Vegas, New Mexico),” 1938, by Howard Schleeter (American, 1903-1976). One of eight of Schleeter’s works to be offered, this 24” by 30” oil on canvas is estimated at $8,000 to $12,000. From Raymond Johnson, (American, 1891-1982), will be his oil on board entitled “Arroyo 4”, 1922, which measures 21.25” by 15”. One of two of his works to be offered, “Arroyo 4” is being of ... More San Antonio Museum of Art releases first-ever guide to the collection SAN ANTONIO, TX.- The San Antonio Museum of Art announces the publication of The San Antonio Museum of Art: Guide to the Collection, the first overview of the museum’s wide-ranging collections. With more than 170 works of art and fully illustrated in color, this 220-page volume includes a brief history of the museum, which is housed in the historic buildings of the former Lone Star Brewery. Each page features a single work of art with explications by the museum’s curators and other art scholars. A painting by 19th century American artist, Martin Johnson Heade, “Passion Flowers with Three Hummingbirds,” graces the cover with its jewel-like colors and luminous landscape background. “Our museum is sometimes acclaimed for its Latin American art, but the new Guide demonstrates our scope as an encyclopedic museum, “ said Katherine C. Luber, The Kelso Director. “Given the ... More Celebrated art historian Dr. Marilyn Stokstad establishes endowed directorship at Spencer Museum of Art LAWRENCE, KS.- Dr. Marilyn Stokstad, a renowned art historian, University of Kansas distinguished professor emerita of art history, and former art museum director, has made a lead gift to create an endowed directorship at the Spencer Museum of Art. Her gift establishes the Marilyn Stokstad Director, which will support and strengthen the Spencer Museum of Art’s innovative programming and initiatives, including: research and travel opportunities for the director; internships for students; research and publishing projects involving students and faculty; and the engagement of scholars from across the humanities and other disciplines. An expert in medieval art and Spanish art, Dr. Stokstad is the author of art history textbooks used widely by universities, including multiple volumes and editions of Art History and Art: A Brief History as well as Medieval Art. Throughout her ... More Dubai-based artist showcases 'bleeding Syria' map DUBAI (AFP).- A popular map on social networks depicting a "bleeding" war-torn Syria has emerged as the centrepiece of an exhibition in Dubai by digital artist Tammam Azzam. The artwork -- simply a 4.5 square metre (48.5 square foot) map of Syria painted in red to indicate blood -- is one of various pieces portraying the carnage of the conflict while mocking the international community's inaction. "I used the Syrian map as an icon," Azzam told AFP. "This map had never meant anything to me during my whole life before. Suddenly, I had a new-discovered nation." In many of his works, Azzam, who hails from Syria's Druze minority heartland city of Sweida, extensively uses the map of his country -- where more than 41,000 people have been killed since protests against President Bashar al-Assad's regime erupted in March 2011, according to a watchdog. Another artwork shows ... More Reflections on Water in American Painting currently on display at the Morris Museum of Art AUGUSTA, GA.- Reflections on Water in American Painting, an exhibition of forty-nine paintings and works on paper, opened Saturday, November 10, 2012, at the Morris Museum of Art. Drawn from the renowned collection of Arthur J. Phelan Collection, the exhibition celebrates the United State’ maritime and seaside history. “Reflections on Water is a wonderful exhibition filled with images, dramatic and beautiful, that speak to the explorational instincts and ambitions of nineteenth-century Americans who crossed oceans to reach these shores and then proceeded to traverse the continent by following its rivers and, later, the canal systems that were created to connect those rivers. The present exhibition pays homage to America’s oceans, rivers, lakes, and harbors; to the ships that traversed them for exploration, trade, and pleasure; to the towns and the cities that depend ... More Google Art Project selects Philbrook Museum of Art TULSA, OK.- Google recently announced a partnership with Philbrook Museum of Art for its trailblazing global Art Project. Philbrook is the first institution to represent the state of Oklahoma and one of only a handful in the middle of America. Philbrook brings 57 works representing 44 artists to this international scholarship initiative. A general art museum, the Philbrook permanent collection ranges across genres including Italian Renaissance art of Fabriano (1410) and contemporary work of Gary Simmons (2011) among other American, Asian, and Native American works spanning centuries. The partnership between Philbrook Museum of Art and Google is part of a global expansion of the project, which now counts nearly 200 partners in countries around the world. This latest expansion adds 10% more art to the site bringing the total number of objects up to 35,000. The project includes a wide ... More |
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