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Jean Naudin, Project Manager at the Musee d'Orsay, inspects a Carolus Duran painting entitled 'La dame au gant' after it was unpacked at the National Museum of Singapore in Singapore. Over 140 impressionists paintings, drawings and photographs from the renowned Musee d'Orsay museum in Paris that will be on show at the National Museum of Singapore through 05 February 2012. EPA/STEPHEN MORRISON.
SINGAPORE.- Instead of travelling 12 long hours to Paris to appreciate the world’s finest collection of modern art, Singaporeans can now view over 140 Salon, Realist, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works from the greatest painters in the likes of Gustave Courbet, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas and many more at the National Museum of Singapore. Titled Dreams & Reality: Masterpieces of Painting, Drawing & Photography of the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, the exhibition will enthrall visitors from 26 October 2011 to 5 February 2012, following a similar show at the Seoul Arts Centre in Korea. This rare opportunity for the art works to travel out of the Musée d’Orsay is possible only because the museum is undergoing renovation works of its galleries. ... More |
| A ritual bath (Miqve) dating to the Second Temple Period was discovered near Kibbutz Zor'a | | Chinese vase "discovered" in Shropshire is expected to fetch £500,000 at auction in London | | Museum's paleontologists discover new dinosaur species above the Arctic in far north Alaska | 
The excavation revealed a square structure that has three walls treated with a thin layer of plaster that facilitated the storage of water. Photo: Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
JERUSALEM.- A plastered building, probably a ritual bath (miqve), dating to the Second Temple period (first century BCE-first century CE) was exposed in an archaeological excavation the Israel Antiquities Authority conducted prior to the installation of a water line by the Mekorot Company at an antiquities site, c. 2 kilometers north of Kibbutz Zor'a. The excavation revealed a square structure that has three walls treated with a thin layer of plaster that facilitated the storage of water. A channel used to drain water into the ritual bath was installed in a corner. In addition, a plaster floor and three stairs that descend from it to the west (toward the hewn openings in the bedrock) were exposed. According to archaeologist Pablo Betzer, excavation director on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, “This is the first time that any remains dating to the Second Temple period have been ... More | | 
A Large Doucai 'Lotus & Bat' Jar and Cover Qianlong Seal Mark & Period. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- When valuer Jeremy Rye was invited to a house in Shropshire to look at an English Dessert Service, little did he know that he would spot a Chinese Vase and cover worth £500,000! The vase, which measures almost 50cm high, had spent most of the last 30 years unrecognised on the floor of a dining room by a window. The extraordinary large and elegant Doucai ‘Lotus and Bats’ baluster-shaped jar and cover, dating from the Qianlong Period (1736-95) is one of the most expensive lots in Sotheby’s auction of Fine Chinese Ceramic s and Works of Art on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at New Bond Street, London. Its large body is magnificently decorated with an ornate composition of bats in mid-flight and lotus scrolls in rich doucai enamels. As Fine Art Agent Jeremy, who is based near Welshpool, said: “I had been called to appraise a an English Dessert Service, but my eye was immediately drawn to the 18-inch vase ... More | | 
The new species will be formally named the Pachyrhinosaurus perotorum.
DALLAS, TX.- Paleontologists from the Museum of Nature & Science will announce their discovery of a new species of the ceratopsid dinosaur Pachyrhinosaurus at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 71st Annual Meeting to be held Nov. 2 – 5, 2011 in Las Vegas. The new species will be formally named the Pachyrhinosaurus perotorum, in recognition of the Perot family (Margot and H. Ross Perot and their children), who have demonstrated a long history of supporting science and science education for the public and for their support of the Museum of Nature & Science, located in Dallas, Texas. In conjunction with the announcement, a draft of the paper that describes the find was posted recently at the website of Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, an international quarterly journal that features papers of general interest from all areas of paleontology. Jointly submitted by Anthony R. Fiorillo, Ph.D., the Museum’s chief curator and director of research, and Ronald S. Tykoski, Ph ... More |
| Tate Britain announces Picasso and Modern British Art exhibition for February 2012 | | Michael Schwartz: Exhibiting four centuries of top-quality European art from Rembrandt to Picasso | | Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago names new Senior Curator: Dieter Roelstraete | 
Pablo Picasso, The Three Dancers 1925. Tate © Succession Picasso/DACS 2011.
LONDON.- In February 2012 Tate Britain will stage the first exhibition to explore Pablo Picasso’s lifelong connections with Britain. Picasso and Modern British Art will examine Picasso’s evolving critical reputation here and British artists’ responses to his work. The exhibition will explore Picasso’s rise in Britain as a figure of both controversy and celebrity, tracing the ways in which his work was exhibited and collected here during his lifetime, and demonstrating that the British engagement with Picasso and his art was much deeper and more varied than generally has been appreciated. Pablo Picasso originated many of the most significant developments of twentieth-century art. This exhibition will examine his enormous impact on British modernism, through seven exemplary figures for whom he proved an important stimulus: Duncan Grant, Wyndham Lewis, Ben Nicholson, Henry Moore, Francis Bacon, Graham Sutherla ... More | | 
According to Michael Schwartz, his personal interest in 17th to 20th Century European art led him to realize the need for an international gallery in Los Angeles.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- As the founder of Galerie Michael Inc., Michael Schwartz provides expertise from a lifelong career and love of art. His illustrious career as a fine art dealer spans a period of over thirty-five years. In 1978, he founded Galerie Michael in Los Angeles, a gallery dedicated to exhibiting four centuries of top-quality European art from Rembrandt to Picasso. The gallery reflects his founding philosophy of taking a long term view of working from posterity rather than prosperity bringing fine art to collectors at a fair market values and building museum quality collections one work at a time. Schwartz has an extraordinary eye and an established record of identifying great works and rediscovering historically important artists of previous centuries. His experience has given him a talent for discovering artistic geniuses who had achieved great recognition during their era but for sociological, political o ... More | | 
Dieter Roelstraete. Photo © Nadine Dinter, Berlin, 2011.
CHICAGO, IL.- Michael Darling, James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, announced that Dieter Roelstraete has been appointed the new Manilow Senior Curator at the MCA. Roelstraete is currently the Curator of MuHKA, the Museum of Contemporary Art (Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst) in Antwerp, Belgium, where he has organized large-scale group exhibitions and monographic shows. He will assume his new responsibilities at the MCA in February 2012. "Dieter is a wildly productive and extraordinarily smart curator who has addressed a wide range of art -- geographically, generationally, materially -- in his writings and exhibitions over the past several years, says Darling. "We felt his range of knowledge and broad curiosity would be perfect for the MCA in our attempt to cast as wide a net as possible in seeking out the most compelling art from around the world. Importantly, I first started hearing about h ... More |
| Phillips de Pury & Company announces the highlights from its New York Contemporary art sales | | Sotheby's to offer Art Deco masterpieces in its 20th century decorative arts & design sale | | Fall prints auction at Bonhams a success with top lots from Frankenthaler and Warhol | 
Richard Serra, Palms, 1985, $2,500,000-3,500,000.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Phillips de Pury & Company's New York Fall 2011 Contemporary Art Part I Sale will take place on November 7 and will present 45 superb works with a pre-sale estimate of $66,560,000 - 97,970,000, representing major artistic movements across the category. Significant works by Post-War masters Andy Warhol, Alexander Calder, Ellsworth Kelly, Richard Serra and Cy Twombly will be offered alongside highly sought-after works by Contemporary artists such as Richard Prince, Christopher Wool, Anish Kapoor, Cindy Sherman and Jacob Kassay. Zach Miner, Head of the Part I sale, states: “Phillips de Pury & Company is honored to have been able to assemble an outstanding selection of seminal paintings and sculptures from the brightest luminaries of 20th and 21st century art. Phillips November 2011 Part I sale will present a uniquely broad span of master works that is perfectly attuned to the discerning tastes of to ... More | | 
Eileen Gray’s legendary Transat armchair. Photo: Sotheby's.
PARIS.- Sotheby's Paris announces that it will offer seven Art Deco masterpieces from 1920s-30s Paris, including two major works by Eileen Gray in its 20th Century Decorative Arts & Contemporary Design sale on November 22nd 2011. Gray’s legendary Transat armchair and an extraordinary monumental curved bar by Eckart Muthesius were designed for the Palace of the Maharajah of Indore. Other highlights include: a table Gray designed for her own home, the villa Tempe à Pailla in the South of France; a spectacular pair of mirrored doors by René Lalique; a monumental panel by Jean Dunand and an iconic table by Eugène Printz. Reflecting Sotheby’s new strategy to make Paris the European venue for sales of 20th Century Decorative Arts & Contemporary Design, the auction will offer a unique opportunity to acquire Art Deco treasures that have never previously appeared on the market. All are ... More | | 
Albrecht Dürer, Knight, Death and the Devil, 1513. Engraving, watermark Large City Gate, with pointed roof (M. 260), a Meder f-impression, trimmed to or within the borderline. Sheet 9 11/16 x 7 1/2in. Sold for $27,500; Pre-sale est. $7,000-10,000. Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Bonhams October 25 Fine Prints sale in San Francisco, simulcast to Los Angeles, was a great success with results exceeding $1.7 million and with works from Helen Frankenthaler and Andy Warhol leading the auction. Frankenthaler’s Tales of Genji I, 1998, signed and woodcut in colors, was the top lot of the sale, taking in $40,000, exceeding its pre-sale estimate of $25,000-35,000. Frankenthaler created the woodcut print in homage to the novel The Tales of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, and her work, one of a series of different prints, speaks to her appreciation for the story. According to Judith Eurich, the Fine Prints Department Director at Bonhams, “The auction exceeded our expectations, ... More |
| The Museo del Prado is increasing its activities by opening every day of the week | | Sotheby's Geneva to auction a superb suite of imperial jewels in Magnificent Jewels sale | | Teenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story at the Carnegie Museum of Art | 
Several hundred people stand in a queue in front the Prado Museum in Madrid. EPA/VICTOR LERENA.
MADRID.- The Museo del Prado took the decision to increase its opening hours to every day of the week in order to improve and expand its cultural activities and thus guarantee its commitment to covering 60% of its budget through self-financing. This new initiative starts with the exhibition 'The Hermitage in the Prado', which will be open every day of the week, from Mondays to Sundays, from the day it opens on 8 November. The Museum’s Permanent Collection will also have new opening hours from 16 January. The Royal Board of Trustees of the Museo del Prado approved the initiative to extend the Museum’s opening hours to every day of the week. This decision falls within the “Current Situation Reaction Plan” that the Museum has set in motion in the light of the ongoing reduction of public funding arising from the present economic circumstances in Spain. It includes a wide-ranging series of actions aimed at ... More | | 
A magnificent and unique diamond parure, mid-19th century. Est. in the region of $10 million. Photo: Sotheby's.
GENEVA.- Sotheby's Geneva announces that it will present - in its sale of Magnificent Jewels on Tuesday, 15 November 2011 – a superb and unique suite of imperial jewels - probably the most important parure of antique coloured diamond jewels to appear at auction in the last 50 years. Coming from a European private collection, these magnificent jewels have not appeared on the open market since 1963 and are offered for sale with an estimate in the region of $10 million*. Commenting on the forthcoming sale of this magnificent and unique diamond parure, David Bennett, Chairman of Sotheby’s Jewellery Department in Europe and the Middle East and Co-Chairman of Sotheby’s Switzerland said: “It is difficult to overestimate the rarity of such jewels. This parure is one of the most sumptuous suites of antique jewels I have ever seen and its appearance on the market after nearly ... More | | 
Charles "Teenie" Harris, Woman seated on car, with steel mill in background, c. 1940–1946 (detail). Black-and-white negative. Heinz Family Fund. Teenie Harris Archive © 2006 Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.
PITTSBURGH, PA.- Teenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story, the first major retrospective exhibition of the work and legacy of African American artist Charles "Teenie" Harris, will be on view at Carnegie Museum of Art through April 7, 2012. The groundbreaking exhibition celebrates the artist/photographer whose work is considered one of the most complete portraits anywhere of 20th-century African American experience. Large-scale, themed photographic projections of nearly 1,000 of Teenie Harris's greatest images accompanied by an original jazz soundtrack generate an immersive experience in the exhibition's opening gallery. Subsequent galleries present a chronological display of these photographs at a conventional scale, and give visitor access to the ... More |
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 Lalique, Daum, Galle, Tiffany, headline Rare Art Glass at Heritage Auctions NEW YORK, N.Y.- More than 500 lots of fine and rare Lalique and Art Glass will be the draw on Nov. 19 in Heritage Auctions' Lalique & Art Glass Signature(r) Auction, in New York, at the Ukrainian Institute of America at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion, continuing Heritage's tradition of conducting an annual auction devoted to art glass for collector. "This will be our best art glass event to date," said Nick Dawes, Vice President of Special Collections at Heritage, "with a huge variety of fresh glass, much of it not seen on the market for more than 50 years." The collection will be on public display at The Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion, 2 East 79th Street (at 5th Ave.), on Nov. 18 and 19. The more than 500 lots in the auction have been assembled from more than a dozen American private collections, the majority offered at low estimate with little or no reserve. The auction begins with Tiffany glass including a 'Daffodil' table ... More Great start into autumn auction season in Munich MUNICH.- With an overall result of more than € 2,6 million* in the October Ketterer Kunst auctions, the autumn season saw quite a promising beginning. “34 percent new bidders alone in the section of Old Masters and Art of the 19th Century - almost 10 percent more than in spring – once more confirm the ever increasing appeal of art“, comments Robert Ketterer on the first part of his autumn auctions**. Another fact that proves art’s increasing approval is the average increase per lot of 50 percent in the section of Modern Art. The company owner continues: “Besides the quality, the aspect of art as a crisis-proof means of investment is particularly striking. Nine results beyond the € 20.000 mark in the two auctions of Art from the 20th and 21st century of up to € 20.000 deliver proof thereof.“ Thus one has good reason to look forward to the main auction on 10 December, 2011. Th ... More Yona Friedman: Architecture without building at the Ludwig Museum in Budapest BUDAPEST.- The Ludwig Museum presents a retrospective exhibition of Yona Friedman, the architect and thinker of Hungarian origin, in an installation environment offering a special spatial experience. Yona Friedman is one of the outstanding and exceptionally versatile figures of the urban architectural discourse that developed in the second half of the twentieth century. He drew cities on colossal trusses rising up, ‘floating’ above metropolises, rivers or marshes, bridges connecting four continents, multi-storeyed urban gardens, residential quarters from water mains elements; in his comic strip manuals he provided directions on survival for those in difficult situations, proclaiming that instead of architects, everyone should plan and build their own home. In 1961, he proposed a Europe forged into a single unit by an express train network, and in the 1980s, he planned a national theatre for Budapest. Although hi ... More 'Nan Goldin: Scopophilia' exhibition at Matthew Marks NEW YORK, N.Y.- Matthew Marks presents Nan Goldin: Scopophilia, the new exhibition in his gallery at 522 West 22nd Street. This is the artist'’s first exhibition in New York since 2007 and includes the U.S. debut of Scopophilia, a new 25-minute-long slide installation commissioned last year by the Louvre Museum. Scopophilia, which consists of over 400 photographs culled from Goldin’s career, pairs her own autobiographical images with new photographs of paintings and sculpture from the Louvre’s collection. Organized around themes of love and desire, Scopophilia, which means “the love of looking,” reflects on Goldin’s intensely personal photographs, as well as the unique permission given to the artist to photograph freely throughout the Louvre Museum. Of this project, Goldin explains, “Desire awoken by images is the project’s true starting point. It is about the idea of taking a pic ... More Alternative to Artissima: Art event to be held in a former prison, each gallery to show work in a cell! TURIN.- The Others is an innovative international exhibition project with a new format entirely dedicated to foster new contemporary art, promoted by the organisation The Others and hosted in Le Nuove, a suggestive large 1870 prison, now transformed in a permanent museum and sometimes used for pop up events, exhibitions and live concerts. The Others gathers under the same roof around 60 arts organisations, both for-profit and non-profit committed to develop ongoing programmes dedicated to young artists. These include: galleries founded after 1st Jan 2009, and regardless of year of establishment, non-profit organisations, foundations, artists’ collectives, residencies and associations, arts prizes, academies, institutions and editorial projects. The participants meet at The Others to foster debates and opportunities within the current “global contemporary art community”. The Others acts as a catalyst for ... More National Portrait Gallery presents Private Eye: Photographs by Lewis Morley LONDON.- A new display at the National Portrait Gallery marks the fiftieth anniversary of the first issue of Private Eye, the highly successful satirical magazine. Portraits on show by Lewis Morley, the semi-official photographer of the satire boom, document those involved in the formation and early years of the magazine. The eleven photographs on show include portraits of two of Private Eye’s founders, Richard Ingrams and Willie Rushton. Also included are the magazine’s proprietor since 1962, comedian Peter Cook, journalist and writer Auberon Waugh, cartoonist Timothy Birdsall, entertainer and writer Barry Humphries and Spotty Muldoon, a fictional character created by Peter Cook. Founded by Christopher Booker, Ingrams and Rushton, the first issue of Private Eye appeared on 25 October 1961. The trio had begun their friendship at Shrewsbury School and continued to stay in touch through their ... More An early solution to piracy on the high seas, the Blunderbuss, for sale at Bonhams in London LONDON.- Bonhams next sale of Fine Antique Arms and Armour on November 30th in Knightsbridge features no fewer than 24 examples of a weapon much used to control pirates at sea – the blunderbuss. They vary in pre-sale estimates from £1,500 to £5,000, intriguing objects that are also a talking point. This weapon – in effect a sawn-off or shortened shotgun - made for easy handling, and provided a withering fire that spread shot across a deck, capable of killing many attackers. Its fearful reputation was such that a man in possession of a blunderbuss could control and if necessary dominate a fight. David Williams, Head of Antique Arms and Armour at Bonhams, says: “These weapons would have been the weapon of choice for many men facing a high odds threat on land or sea. It is interesting that today’s renewed threat of piracy on the high seas has not led to any new weapon to control pirates, other ... More |
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