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| | Capitoline Museums exhibition compares two paintings of Baby Jesus by Pintoricchio
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Pintoricchio, detail of a figure of a Blessing Baby Jesus. Property of the Guglielmo Giordano Foundation.
ROME.- The exhibition of the two paintings by Pintoricchio celebrates Christmas and reminds all the enthusiasts of the delicate figure of the sensitive Umbrian painter, who was born in Perugia sometime between 1455-56 and died in Siena in 1513. The two works of art both belong to Foundations. A fragment of fresco with the figure of a Blessing Baby Jesus (property of the Guglielmo Giordano Foundation) stands alongside a small but precious panel depicting the Madonna with Blessing Child (property of the Sorgente Group Foundation, Institute for Art and Culture). ... More |
| Napa vintner Jan Shrem donates $10 million for new museum of art at UC Davis | | Christie's to offer the Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen, Jr. Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain | | Eykyn Maclean launches new London gallery with Cy Twombly: Works from the Sonnabend Collection | 
Andy Warhol, Campbell’s Tomato Soup, 1966. Screenprint on shopping bag, 23 1/2" x 17”.
DAVIS, CA.- The University of California, Davis, has received a $10 million gift to name a new art museum that will serve as a teaching and cultural resource for the region and provide opportunities to share the university’s artistic legacy, enhance its fine arts collection, and create new partnerships and collaborations. Slated for completion in 2015, the museum will be named for donor Jan Shrem, proprietor of Clos Pegase winery in Napa Valley, and his friend and arts patron Maria Manetti Farrow. The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Farrow Museum of Art will provide approximately 40,000 square feet of contemporary space for galleries, seminars, research and public gatherings. It will also house the university’s fine arts collection, which contains more than 4,000 works of art including works by former art department faculty such as Wayne Thiebaud, Robert Arneson, Roy De Forest and William T. Wiley. The museum, part of ... More | | 
A Rare Chinese Export Copenhagen Punchbowl, circa 1775. Est: $30,000-50,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Christie's presents the Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen, Jr. Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, which will conclude the series of sales comprising Americana Week. The late Peter Frelinghuysen, longtime U.S. Congressman from New Jersey and last grandchild of the famed collectors H. O. and Louisine Havemeyer, collected classic Chinese export throughout his lifetime, with an emphasis on American market, pieces with historical or political interest, and Dutch armorial, reflecting his family heritage. The collection is comprised of approximately 160 lots and is expected to realize in the region of $660,000. Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen, Jr. was a life-long resident of New Jersey, where his family first settled in 1720. A graduate of Princeton and Yale, he served 11 terms in the United States Congress (1953-74), carrying on a family tradition that included four senators, a Secretary of St ... More | | 
Cy Twombly, Napoli, 1975. Tempera, pencil, and pastel on paper, 80 x 50 cm. Sonnabend Collection, New York© Cy Twombly Foundation.
LONDON.- Eykyn Maclean specialises in museum calibre work by key Impressionist and 20th Century European and American artists. Christopher Eykyn and Nicholas Maclean established Eykyn Maclean in 2006 combining their 29 years of experience at Christie's where they were co-heads of the Impressionist and Modern Art departments. The launch of their new London gallery space follows on from the successful inauguration of their New York space in 2010. Previous exhibitions in New York include: Inside Giacometti’s Studio – An Intimate Portrait (2010) and Matisse and the Model (2011). Cy Twombly: Works from the Sonnabend Collection demonstrates the gallery’s continuing commitment to a programme of international scholarly loan exhibitions in addition to commercial exhibitions. “As private dealers the majority of our work is conducted discretely. However, our galleries in New York ... More |
| Bonhams Knightsbridge to offer free verbal valuations in second 'Open House' in January | | Northern Art Prize exhibition brings together the work of shortlisted artists at the Leeds Art Gallery | | Jan Peters, prominent figure in American contemporary craft movement, dies at 64 | 
A rare famille rose Tibetan-style ewer, penba Jiaqing seal mark and of the period. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- Following a hugely successful first open house in May 2011, Bonhams will once again open the doors of its Knightsbridge saleroom to offer free verbal valuations on Wednesday 4th January 2012. 9:30am to 4pm. 20 of Bonhams art and antiques specialists will be available, including two who regularly appear on popular BBC antique programmes, Fergus Gambon and Jon Baddeley. In addition to valuing traditional antique and modern silver, ceramics, jewellery, books, works of art, prints and paintings, there will also be experts in the specialist fields of entertainment and sporting memorabilia, coins and medals, arms, armour and sporting guns, toys and dolls, musical instruments, jewellery, clocks and watches, vintage costumes. In May, the team of specialists discovered a rare famille rose Tibetan-style ewer, which went on to fetch £121,250 in the Fine Chinese Art sale at Bonhams, New Bond Street on 10 November. This highly f ... More | | 
Two Writing Desks, False Drawer, 2009. Richard Rigg.
LEEDS.- Work by shortlisted artists Liadin Cooke, Leo Fitzmaurice, James Hugonin and Richard Rigg have come together in the exhibition on which they will be judged for the fifth annual Northern Art Prize, at Leeds Art Gallery from 25 November 2011 until 19 February 2012. Sarah Brown, curator of exhibitions at Leeds Art Gallery and chair of the judging panel commented: “The 2012 Prize short list brings to our attention four very different artists who each produce work that often takes a painstakingly long time to craft. As the world moves ever faster it is interesting that the judges have selected artists who invest a great deal of time in each piece.” Based in Huddersfield, Cooke is known for the delicate watercolours and sculptures that make up her practice. For the Northern Art Prize she will present a body of new work, the roots of which are in her passion for language, site and history. Cooke ... More | | 
Jan Peters and business partner Ray Leier established del Mano Gallery.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Jan Peters, a prominent figure in the American craft movement, passed away December 5th in Los Angeles after a twelve-year battle with cancer. She was 64. Peters and business partner Ray Leier established del Mano Gallery in January, 1973 in Pasadena, California to represent artists exploring the creative potential of traditional craft media, including wood, glass, ceramic, fiber and metal. Their business and the craft field both expanded over the decades. Now based in West Los Angeles, del Mano Gallery is one of the oldest and most influential fine craft galleries in the world, exhibiting work by an international array of artists and placing studio craft objects with leading collectors and museums. “It was hippie artists selling crafts in those days,” Peters said of the gallery’s humble origins in a 2005 interview. “In the early 1970s, artists were taking it upon themselves to be out ... More |
| One of Wales's most prized ancient masterpieces is secured by National Museum Wales | | Ayyam Gallery presents recent canvases by Syrian painter Tammam Azzam in "Dirty Laundry" | | Steven Holl Architects' Cité de l'Océan et du Surf wins award in 2011 annual design review | 
The Capel Garmon Firedog becomes a permanent Museum treasure.
CARDIFF.- An elaborately decorated Iron Age firedog in the form of an iconic double-crested mythical beast, and nearly 2,000 years old, has found a permanent home within Wales’s national archaeological collections. In recognition of its uniqueness as one of the finest surviving prehistoric iron artefacts in Europe, it has been accepted by the Welsh Ministers in lieu of inheritance tax from the previous owners. Formerly on loan to the National Museum, this treasure is now secured for present and future generations - and represents a significant addition to the nation’s collections of Early Celtic Art. The firedog - part ox and part horse in its attributes - is a masterpiece of early blacksmithing. Originally one of a pair, it once defined the hearth at the centre of an Iron Age chieftain’s roundhouse. Seen in flickering firelight, during feasting events, political gatherings and story-telling, it would h ... More | | 
Tammam Azzam (b. 1980), “Laundry Series” (detail), 74 x 74 x 18 cm. Mixed Media on Wood, 2011.
DUBAI.- Ayyam Gallery, Dubai presents “Dirty Laundry” an exhibition featuring recent canvases by Syrian painter Tammam Azzam. Continuing his acclaimed body of work, which utilizes rope, clothespins and other found objects, Azzam remains interested in the visual possibilities of basic components amidst an organic state, where the driving force of their arrangement is solely “the mechanisms of creation.” For Azzam, the benefit of working from such methodology is that it facilitates the creation of an artwork as a “hybrid form,” one that is capable of borrowing and multiplying as it evolves. Focusing on technique and experimentation, each installment of the series varies dramatically. Last year, however, he decided to depart from his “Laundry Series” altogether, producing an entirely different brand of painting. Using an airbrush technique, he turned to figuration, depicting ominou ... More | | 
Selected as winner in the Play Category, the Cité de l’Océan et du Surf, which opened on June 26, 2011, aims to raise awareness of oceanic issues and the scientific aspects of sea and surf.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Cité de l’Océan et du Surf in Biarritz, France, designed by Steven Holl Architects in collaboration with Solange Fabião, has received a 2011 Annual Design Review Award. About the museum, juror Joe Valerio stated, “The thing that is beautiful about this is the idea that it’s about the surf. You take an architectonic form and you make it roll like the ocean, and then the function slips underneath. To connect the surf with the function underneath, you have this lantern, this white, glass lantern that runs through it.” The jury also emphasized the museum’s great quality of light, which “appears to change over the course of the day, and that the differentiated spaces reflect the notion of a wave as water suspended in air.” Selected as winner in the Play Category, the Cité de l’Océan ... More |
| Don Presley's New Year's auction features sterling, Asian art, clocks and Scottish Rite's 'Paetus et Aria' | | Gold coins, spectacular jewels and art in Government Auction's January 1 sale | | Rediscovered and undocumented High Chest by John Townsend from 1756 to be sold at Sotheby's | 
Antique marble copy of ‘The Gaul Killing Himself and His Wife,’ 94 inches tall, 42 inches wide inclusive of custom-made marble base. Provenance: Collection of the Scottish Rite Library & Museum. Estimate $40,000-$75,000. Don Presley Auctions image.
ORANGE, CA.- A superb European sculpture unveiled at the Los Angeles Scottish Rite Cathedral on Christmas Day of 1913 is the highlight of Don Presley’s Dec. 31-Jan. 1 New Year’s Auction. The sale features 1,000 lots of antiques, Asian and other fine art, plus a bumper selection described by Presley as “a gallery of amusements.” The headliner – a Carrara marble grouping known variously as ‘Paetus et Aria,’ ‘Gaul Killing Himself and His Wife,’ and ‘The Galatian Suicide’ – is a copy of the Hellenistic 3rd Century B.C. original by Epignonos, ex Boncompagni Ludovisi Collection. In 1900, the Italian State purchased the original – and 103 other sculptures – from the royal Boncompagni Ludovisi family for ensconcement in the Pergamum Museo Nazionale at Palazzo Altemps. A deaccession from the Scottish Rite ... More | | 
John Lewis Brown (French/Scottish ancestry, 1829-1892), signed landscape with figures, horses, dogs. Oil on board, 18 x 22in., est. $13,500-$27,000. Government Auction image.
TEHACHAPI, CA.- On Jan. 1, 2012, California-based Government Auction will host its seventh annual New Year’s sale, featuring rare gold coins, fine jewelry and gems; art and antique music machines. More than two million dollars in merchandise will be sold to the highest bidder at the event, which is structured as an absentee, phone and Internet auction, with Internet live bidding available through LiveAuctioneers.com. The company traditionally reserves for its annual New Year’s sale only the best and most valuable items in its inventory. “It takes a lot of time to prepare for our New Year’s auction, but it’s always worth it. Collectors love it because most of the lots have no reserve and start with an opening bid of only one or two dollars,” said Chris Budge, of Government Auction’s Marketing department. A strong candidate for top lot of the 2,000-lot sale is a 1795 13-leaves $10 g ... More | | 
The Exceptional Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Arnold Shell-Carved and Figured Mahogany High Chest of Drawers with Open Talons. Est. $2/3 million. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Sotheby’s announces that its New York auction of Important Americana on 20 & 21 January 2012 will feature a previously undocumented high chest of drawers by renowned cabinetmaker John Townsend, which represents one of the most important discoveries of American furniture to come to light in decades. Signed and dated in 1756 when Townsend was 23 years old, The Exceptional Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Arnold Shell-Carved and Figured Mahogany High Chest of Drawers with Open Talons stands as his earliest surviving high chest, as well as one of the two earliest known works by his hand (est. $2/3 million*). The chest was originally owned by Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Arnold (1725-1789) and Mary Oliver Arnold (1725-1762) of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, who commissioned it on the occasion of their marriage in 1756. It has survived in their family for 255 years, having descended through six generations of fem ... More |
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 Keno Auctions presents its upcoming important Americana, paintings, furniture and decorative arts sale NEW YORK, N.Y.- On January 17, 2012 Keno Auctions will showcase a remarkable selection of furnishings comprised of Americana, furniture and decorative arts from the 17 century through to the 20th century. Property from the Important Americana, Paintings, Furniture and Decorative Arts Sale will be sold at 10:00 a.m. that is composed of some dazzling treasures from various estates, including stunning property from a Private Connecticut Collection that includes a fine selection of furnishings and late-19th Century-early--20th Century carpets and rugs. Also to be sold during the morning session will be a beautiful selection of blown American flasks and sandwich glass and a handsome collection of 17th and 18th Century rare European pocket watches from the Estate of Atlanta art patron George E. Missbach. The morning session will be immediately followed by a single owner sale of The Peter Brams Collection of Important ... More 1795 S-79 B-9 Large Cent, Sans Edge Reeding, makes debut in Heritage Orlando FUN auction DALLAS, TX.- A possibly unique “Plain Edge” 1795 one cent piece, Fair 2 PCGS, S-79 will be a featured coin during Heritage Auctions’ Jan. 5 Platinum night festivities as part of the company’s U.S. Coins & Platinum Night FUN Signature Auction, Jan. 3-8, in Orlando, FL. “This is a genuine 1795 cent from the dies of S-79,” said Greg Rohan, President of Heritage Auctions. “There’s been some debate regarding a suitable name for this piece. While S-79 is known as the ‘Reeded Edge’ large cent, this piece shows no trace of edge reeding. It’s possibly a plain edge planchet that was mistakenly mixed with the experimental Reeded Edge planchets. If so, then it should be described as a mint error. There is speculation, however, that it was produced intentionally.” If this is the case, then the Reeded Edge pieces should be labeled “S-79a” and this Plain Edge piece s ... More George Billis Gallery presents a new installation by Santa Monica-based artist Maddy LeMel LOS ANGELES, CA.- Suspended States, the acclaimed new installation by Santa Monica-based assemblage and sculpture artist Maddy LeMel is in its final weeks at the George Billis Gallery LA (2716 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90034). The exhibition, which is in conjunction with Pacific Standard Time, runs through January 2 (Dec. 24-Jan. 2 by appointment only, call the gallery at 310-838-3685). LeMel, who has been called a “scavenger poet,” is known for mixed-media constructions incorporating found objects that are reclaimed and given second lives in pieces created with wire, screen, thread, paper, metal fragments, and a deft articulation of light and space. LeMel’s new pieces for Suspended States are wire and metal cages containing vintage tools from the artist’s extensive collection. The tools exist almost as anthropomorphized characters, contemplating escape through the openings in each cage. C ... More Spectacular large works announced at Art Stage Singapore 2012 SINGAPORE.- For its sophomore edition, Art Stage Singapore 2012 presents even more significant and stunning large installation works than before. From intricately detailed sculptures to huge paintings, there is a wide spectrum of awe-inspiring pieces to experience at this year’s fair. Here are a few of the highlights that visitors can expect at the fairgrounds. In a poetic way, the “Artificial Moon” has been described to “draw attention to the collision between the 'natural' and the ‘artificial', commenting on how the timeless phenomena of the stars and the moon are becoming increasingly obscured by the light pollution common in many contemporary cities”. Made from over 4,500 energy-saving bulbs, this stunning installation measures 4m in diameter and its bulbs were strategically designed to mimic the real moon’s craters and surface features. Located in the VIP Lounge of the Art St ... More "Growing Up Black" by Dennis Morris a chronicle of black Britain in the 60s and 70s LONDON.- Growing Up Black charts not just the history of Black Britain but Britain itself. Published by Autograph ABP, the renowned photographer Dennis Morris captures intimate moments within the black community, his images recording the frequently contested history of the first generation to call themselves black. Dennis Morris started his career as a photographer at an early age. He was 11 years old when one of his photographs was printed on the front page of the Daily Mirror. As a young boy in the church choir, he was given a camera which was to spark his lifelong passion for photography. Growing Up Black is a beautifully designed, thought provoking monograph which documents domestic life in 1960s and 70s Hackney, East London, where Morris moved with his family aged 4. To accompany the black and white photographs and Morris’ own text are four compelling essays by key commentators on ... More |
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