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William Blake's ''Newton'', colour print with pen & ink and watercolour is on display at the opening of an exhibition of the British visionary artist in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, Russia. The exhibition of Blake's watercolours and engravings opened in Moscow. This is the first time his work will be presented to the Russian public. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko.
MOSCOW.- An exhibition of the work of the innovative British artist, William Blake (1757-1827), opened at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Art, Moscow. William Blake and British Visionary Art is the first major exhibition to present Blake’s visual art in Russia. It is the first exhibition to explore Blake and his legacy and it will run until 19 February 2012. The exhibition is a collaborative project between Tate and the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Art in partnership with the British Council. Drawn mainly from Tate’s Collection alongside works generously lent from other British collections, the exhibition consists of approximately 110 of Blake's works, including many of his best known images such as The Ghost of a Flea c.1819-20. It also includes the recently discovered hand-coloured etchings from the major prophetic work The First Book of Urizen 1796 c.1818. Although mainly overlooked during his lifetime, Blake's i ... More |
| Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at National Gallery in London coming to world movie screens | | Onassis Cultural Center presents Transition to Christianity: Art of Late Antiquity, 3rd-7th Century AD | | Haunch of Venison in London presents exhibition of ten of Britain's most important post-war painters | 
Leonardo da Vinci, Portrait of a Young Man (‘The Musician’), about 1486-7. Oil on walnut, 44.7 x 32 cm. Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Pinacoteca – Milan (99) © Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana – Milano/De Agostini Picture Library.
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Leonardo's latest is coming to a multiplex near you -- but that's da Vinci, not DiCaprio. In the latest example of high-brow culture being beamed into movie theaters, "Leonardo Live," an HD presentation of the sold out "Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan" exhibition at London's National Gallery will play limited engagements at U.S. movie theaters and throughout the world. Billed as the first-ever tour of a fine art exhibition created for movie theater audiences, "Leonardo Live" will afford art lovers a two-dimensional look via satellite at the sold-out exhibition, which cannot tour due to the works' fragility. Beginning February 16 2012, the da Vinci film will be screened in U.S. venues as well as in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, ... More | | 
Head of Aphrodite, 1st century. Marble, H. 0.40 m. Athens, National Archaeological Museum. Photo © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The vibrant and complex life of the Eastern Mediterranean during a time of reinvention and renewal is the subject of a major new exhibition at the Onassis Cultural Center in Midtown Manhattan. On view from December 7, 2011 through May 14, 2012, Transition to Christianity: Art of Late Antiquity, 3rd – 7th Century AD brings together 170 exceptional objects on loan from Greek museums, as well as museums in Cyprus and the United States. Incorporating many outstanding works of art that have never before been seen outside Greece, as well as recently discovered works that are being exhibited for the first time anywhere, Transition to Christianity reveals a period of extraordinary and perhaps unexpected creativity in the Greek world of Late Antiquity. The exhibition is jointly organized by the Onassis Foundation (USA) and the Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens, with the academic support of an advisory com ... More | | 
Francis Bacon, Pope I- Study after Pope Innocent X by Velasquez, 1951. Oil on canvas, 197.8 x 137.4 cm. Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums Collections ©The Estate of Francis Bacon.
LONDON.- Haunch of Venison London presents an exhibition of ten of Britain’s most important post-war painters, revealing the story behind their art. 'The Mystery of Appearance' is a fresh appraisal of ten artists - Michael Andrews, Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon, Patrick Caulfield, William Coldstream, Lucian Freud, Richard Hamilton, David Hockney, Leon Kossoff and Euan Uglow - with a display of over forty paintings and drawings including works that haven’t been on public display for decades. In the mid-twentieth century this group of artists revived portrait and landscape painting at a time when abstract painting dominated. Their continued influence on a younger generation of artists is demonstrated by the powerful hold figurative art has today. The exhibition examines the influence of the personal relationships between these artists, some of which ... More |
| Serpentine Gallery in London presents Brazilian artist Lygia Pape's 'Magnetized Space' | | Staley-Wise Gallery presents exhibition of works from famed photographer Michael Dweck | | Sotheby's sets auction record for Jan Steen in £20 million Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale | 
Lygia Pape, Livro do Tempo (Book of Time) 1961-63. Installation view. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 2011 © Projeto Lygia Pape and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.
LONDON.- Lygia Pape (1927–2004) was a leading Brazilian artist whose work brought together daring experimentation and formal rigour. Magnetized Space is the first major exhibition of Pape’s work to be presented in the UK. The exhibition brings together well-known and previously unseen works, spanning sculpture, performance, paintings, films, poems, engravings and collages. Pape was a founding member of the Neo Concrete movement, which was dedicated to the inclusion of art into everyday life. Pape’s early work developed out of an interest in European abstraction. However, she and her contemporaries went beyond simply adopting an international style, and started to draw on their own local situation. Neo Concretism is often seen as the ... More | | 
Michael Dweck photographed by Alejandro Castro, Habana 2009.
NEW YORK, NY.- An exhibition of works from famed American photographer Michael Dweck will open at Staley-Wise Gallery in New York City on December 9, 2011. Timed to coincide with the international release of Dweck’s third and latest book HABANA LIBRE (Damiani editore, $65), it will feature the New York debut of photographs from HABANA LIBRE, along with rare iconic images from his previous work THE END: MONTAUK N.Y. (2004) including “Sonya Poles” and “Dave and Pam in their Caddy.” “Both ‘The End’ and ‘Habana Libre’ are snapshots of places in time and ways of life that are either fading or being completely reinvented,” said Artist Michael Dweck. “The most obvious similarities are aesthetic - beautiful people in striking island settings. That was my initial attraction to both locales; this charmed life, the fan ... More | | 
Jan Havicksz Steen’s An Elegant Company in an Interior with Figures Playing Cards at a Table realized £4,875,250 /$7,588,967/€5,670,857. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Tonight Sotheby’s London Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale realised a total of £20,074,500/ $31,364,399/ €23,437,051, comfortably within the pre-sale estimate of £17.6 – 24.2 million. The top lot of the sale was a pair of paintings by Johann Zoffany - the most important works by the artist to appear on the market in recent years - The Garden at Hampton House, with Mr and Mrs David Garrick taking tea and The Shakespeare Temple at Hampton House, which fetched £6,761,250/$10,563,777/ €7,893,784 (pre-sale est. £6-8 million). A further sale highlight was Jan Havicksz Steen’s masterpiece An elegant company in an interior with figures playing cards at a table, which was sold for £4,875,250 /$7,588,967/€5,670,857 (est. £4.5-6 million) and established a new record at auction ... More |
| Contemporary art and fashion photographer Russell James' Nomad Two Worlds returns to New York | | Newly discovered portrait by Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez sells for £3 million at Bonhams | | Museo Arte Ponce to hold on-line auction as part of its year-end fundraising initiative | 
Snake Lady, Photograph by Russell James. Collaborative art by Nathan Mundraby (AUS).
NEW YORK, NY.- Nomad Two Worlds, the sweeping, multi-media collaborative art project conceived by contemporary art and fashion photographer Russell James, returns to New York with two of its Indigenous Australian artists appearing in a special “Australia” segment of “Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway,” and a Limited Editions Exhibition opening at CATM Chelsea Gallery. The exhibition focuses on the works of Nathan Mundraby and Clifton Bieundurry, the two artists performing alongside Jackman, runs from December 8, 2011 to January 8, 2012 and benefits the Nomad Two Worlds Foundation. Jackman and Donna Karan co-hosted the original star-studded launch of Nomad Two Worlds in New York in January 2009. Inspired in 2008 by the Prime Minister of Australia’s “Apology” to its Indigenous people for their "profound grief, suffering and loss” caused by past governments’ culturally des- ... More | | 
The stylistic similarities to works by the great Spanish master led to extensive research by the department and consultant Brian Koetser. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- A previously unknown Portrait of a gentleman by the Spanish artist Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599-1660) sold for £3million today (Wednesday 7th December 2011) in the Old Master Paintings auction at Bonhams, 101 New Bond Street, London. The sale total was £6,329,500. Andrew Mckenzie, Director of Old Master Paintings at Bonhams, comments, “This is a portrait of outstanding quality which has the most extraordinary presence. To have worked so closely with it has been a wonderful experience and a highlight of my career.” In August 2010 a number of works by the nineteenth century British artist, Matthew Shepperson, were consigned for sale at Bonhams Oxford office. Among these works was a portrait of a gentleman, which was brought to the attention of the Old Master Paintings department in London who advised ... More | | 
All proceeds will be used for activities programing and exhibitions at the Museo Arte Ponce.
PONCE.- For the first time in its history, Museo de Arte de Ponce will be holding an on-line auction as part of its year-end fundraising initiative. The auction will be administered by the prestigious company charitybuzz, and it will run until December 19. All proceeds will be used for activities programing and exhibitions. Among the articles to be auctioned off are glamorous jewelry items, including a limited-edition “Marilyn Monroe” pearl necklace from Mikimoto; paradisal stays in exotic locations; fine collectible wines; and unparalleled gastronomic experiences. The starting bid for each item will be determined by its value, but is guaranteed to be below the market value so that the public will be encouraged to make their bids. “In the age of the internet, on-line auctions are becoming increasingly common. They increase the number of people that can take part—no place is any longer geographically ... More |
| Artists and their families welcome Government's decision on the Artist's Resale Right | | Louvre, High, Crystal Bridges and Terra Foundation launch multi-year collaboration devoted to American Art | | New to market painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds to be sold at Grogan and Company Fine Art Auctioneers | 
FIle photo of British artist Damien Hirst posing for photographs with 'Men Shall Know Nothing', 2008. EPA/ANDY RAIN.
LONDON.- The families and beneficiaries of UK artists stand to benefit from millions in royalties from 1 January 2012 with the full implementation of the Artist’s Resale Right. This important Right pays artists royalties each time their work is resold by an auction house or art dealer. The Right has applied to living artists since 2006, and DACS (the Design and Artists Copyright Society) has paid artists nearly £14 million in royalties in the last six years. Artist Damien Hirst explains why he thinks the Artist Resale Right is so important: ‘I’m pleased that the Artist’s Resale Right is finally be extended to heirs and beneficiaries as in most other EU states. We need to recognise financially their role in preserving art. They spend a lot of time and energy on this and they should have some support.’ The full implementation means that artists can leave this Right to their families with the royalties h ... More | | 
At each of the museums the works will be displayed within their permanent collections galleries to add new dimension and nuance to the museums’ own holdings. AP Photo/Christophe Ena.
PARIS.- The musée du Louvre, the High Museum of Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and the Terra Foundation for American Art announced the launch of a four-year collaboration devoted to producing programming and annual, focused installations of American and European art. Curators from each of the partnering institutions are working together to shape the themes and installations, and works will be drawn from the collections of all four institutions. The first installation premieres at the Louvre on January 14, 2012 before traveling to the other collaborating museums, and will explore the birth of American landscape painting through the works of Thomas Cole and Asher B. Durand. In addition to works by Cole and Durand, the installation will include an earlier painting by Pierre-Antoine Patel the Younger which inspired Cole’s work after the artist saw it in ... More | | 
Portrait of Captain Benjamin Davies by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
DEDHAM, MA.- A Sir Joshua Reynolds portrait of British born New York Mariner and American partriot Captain Benjamin Davies, painted in 1761, has been handed down from generation to generation until now. Grogan and Company Fine Art Auctioneers and Appraisers will be offering the portrait in their December Auction on Sunday, December 11th at 12:00 noon. The 400 lot auction will also be comprised of a Fine Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, Chinese Decorative Works of Art and Textiles; American and European Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture; and Oriental Rugs and Carpets. Benjamin Davies was born in 1728 in Bristol, England and immigrated to New York in 1750. His seafaring career began with a voyage to China, as an apprentice to Captain William Sedgwick, Commander of the London East India Company Service. He also accompanied Captain George Jackson to India before taking passage to New York in 1850 aboard t ... More |
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 Hermès Diamond Birkin brings world record price of $203,150 at Heritage Auctions DALLAS, TX.- An Hermès Diamond Birkin, with Diamond and White Gold hardware sold for $203,150 on Dec. 6 at Heritage Auctions in Dallas, setting a world record price realized for a handbag sold at public auction. The price includes a 19.5% Buyer's Premium. It was sold to a collector who wished to remain anonymous, and was part of Heritage's Luxury Accessories auction. "This is an extraordinary example of one of the world's most exceptional handbags," said Matt Rubinger, Director of Luxury Accessories at Heritage Auctions, "and this was certainly an exceptional price, exceeding our highest expectations at every corner." The handbag's official name is the Hermès Exceptional Collection Shiny Rouge H Porosus Crocodile 30cm Birkin Bag with Solid 18K White Gold & Diamond Hardware. Birkins in particular have a proven track record of bringing significant prices at auction. "Just a year ago another Birkin, without ... More Leonardo da Vinci to get second life as automaton SAINTE-CROIX (REUTERS).- Don't let the retro look of the mechanical men built by Swiss artisan Francois Junod deceive you -- they fascinate tech fans from Silicon Valley to Asia and will no doubt gain broader popularity after this week's launch of Martin Scorsese's film "Hugo" about a secret hidden in an automaton. The latest of Junod's time-consuming projects is an 80 cm wind-up Leonardo da Vinci figure that will be able to do intricate drawings and write mirror-inverted texts in Latin. "I have been working on the sculpture for ten years and on the mechanism for six years. I do not have a buyer yet so I can take my time," said Junod, surrounded by a mishmash of tools, machines and sketches in his workshop in the village of Sainte-Croix perched high up in the Swiss Jura mountains. His most complicated creation so far, an Alexander Pushkin animated by a complex mechanism enabling it to write down 1,458 different poems, ... More Cooper-Hewitt announces the completion of the capital campaign for the redesign NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum announced that it has completed its $54 million RE:DESIGN capital campaign goal and commenced renovating the Carnegie Mansion to create enlarged and enhanced facilities for exhibitions, collections display and education programming. The museum also announced the completion of the renovation of the museum’s two townhouses on East 90th Street, which house the National Design Library, the Master’s Program in the History of Decorative Arts and Design and administrative offices. Students, design professionals and the public can now benefit from the modernized National Design Library located in the townhouses, with restored historic reading and study areas, as well as reference spaces, open stacks and a rare-book room. In addition, the museum completed the outfitting of an off-site facility that ... More Highly charged psychological family portraits in The Mark of Abel by Lydia Panas ALLENTOWN, PA.- For three years, American photographer Lydia Panas invited families to stand before her lens. She was curious to see what would happen. Nothing was deliberate or planned. These diverse groupings of children and adults, relatives and close friends, stood graciously before her, taking positions in relationship to each other, and to the camera. The resulting images from the project are engaging and highly charged psychological family portraits that are gathered together in the artist’s debut monograph, The Mark of Abel, (Kehrer Verlag, March 2012). The portraits by Panas do not represent individuals as much as they explore questions about how we see ourselves, what we feel, and how we connect to each other. It is the details in the images that provide us with clues to understand the subtle nature of her work, and her ability to masterfully depict the delicate underpinnings of family dynamics. Her subjects ar ... More Artprize announces new $100,000 Juried award GRAND RAPIDS, MI.- ArtPrize, the radically open, international art competition and social experiment, announced plans for the ArtPrize Juried Grand Prize, a new, $100,000 award that will debut during the fourth year of the annual ArtPrize event. Rick DeVos, founder and chairman of ArtPrize, made the announcement before an audience of sponsors and partners. With its public vote and juried awards, ArtPrize explores the tension between the professional and populist in an epic conversation. The fourth edition of the popular art event will open on Sept. 19 and run through Oct. 7, 2012. Total awards in 2012 will swell to $550,000, making it the largest cash purse for art in the world. In addition to the Juried Grand Prize, ArtPrize will also increase its other juried awards to $20,000 each. The organization selected five categories to recognize: *Two-Dimensional *Three-Dimensional *Time and Performance *Urban Space *Venue. The in ... More |
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