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| | The Wine of Saint Martin's Day by Bruegel the Elder now on display at the Museo del Prado
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The definitive attribution to Pieter Bruegel the Elder of The Wine of Saint Martin’s Day represents one of the most important discoveries in many years with regard to the oeuvre of this artist, a figure of even greater importance than Quintin Massys and Joachim Patinir, the two other leading Flemish painters of the 16th century.
MADRID.- The Museo del Prado is presenting to the public for the first time The Wine of Saint Martin’s Day by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the leading figure within 16th-century Flemish painting. Following the recent acquisition and subsequent restoration of the painting, it will be displayed in Room D in the Jerónimos Building until 25 March. In addition to highlighting the exceptional nature of a new discovery and acquisition of a work by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (of whom only 41 paintings are known), the presentation of the painting alongside an x-ray of it and an explanatory video detailing its restoration will allow the visiting public to appreciate the key phases within its complex restoration and to assess the final results of that process. ... More |
| The Best Photos of the Day |  |  | NEW YORK.- Today at Sotheby?s the auction of Fine Books and Manuscripts achieved a total of $7,406,138, over the $4.6/6.8 million estimate with 66% of lots sold. The sale was led by the founding partnership agreement of the Apple Computer Company - the firm that revolutionized technology, business, personal computing and the world which sold for $1,594,500, many multiples of the $100/150,000 estimate. The document was sought by six bidders participating by telephone and online before being purchased by Eduardo Cisneros, CEO of Cisneros Corporation. Photo: Sothebys. | | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Israeli parliament puts Holocaust mastermind Adolf Eichmann items on display | | Storied 16th century pearl from the collection of Elizabeth Taylor makes history at Christie's | | Alexander Graham Bell recordings from 1880s played on a computer at the Library of Congress | 
A fake passport that was used in the operation to capture Nazi SS officer Adolf Eichmann. AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner.
By: Aron Heller, Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP).- Fifty years after Holocaust mastermind Adolf Eichmann was convicted in an epic trial that helped shape Israel's national psyche, the Israeli parliament on Monday put on display for the first time dozens of artifacts from the daring 1960 operation in Argentina that captured the Nazi criminal. The gripping public testimony during the trial by more than 100 Jews who survived torture and deprivation captured world attention and vividly brought to life the horrors of the Holocaust. It also brought to light stories of Jewish bravery and resistance that shattered the myth of Jews meekly walking to their deaths. As a result, more survivors went public with their experiences, which greatly helped research and commemoration efforts. "We carried out justice, partial, reduced, even minuscule compared to the crime, but of tremendous symbolism and the symbolism is that those who murder millions and those ... More | | 
La Peregrina is a remarkable pearl of 203 grains in size – equivalent to 50 carats – that was first discovered in the 1500s in the Gulf of Panama. © Christie?s Images Limited 2011.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The extraordinary beauty, rarity and provenance of the pearl known as “La Peregrina” inspired a fierce bidding battle at Christie’s New York at the opening auction of The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor. Estimated at $2-3 million, the pearl reached a world auction record price for a pearl at $11,842,500 (£ 7,579,200 / € 9,118,725) after four and a half minutes of bidding. The pearl, an historic 16th century pear-shaped pearl suspended from a necklace custom-designed for Ms. Taylor by Cartier, has been widely heralded as one of Elizabeth Taylor’s most iconic jewels. La Peregrina is a remarkable pearl of 203 grains in size – equivalent to 50 carats – that was first discovered in the 1500s in the Gulf of Panama. King Philip II of Spain was among the first recorded owners of the pear-shaped pearl, which later passed on to the Spanish queens Margaret and Elisabeth, who proudly wor ... More | | 
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Scientist Carl Haber shows a glass Graham Bell, Volta Laboratory recording, from 1884. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana.
By: Brett Zongker, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP).- Alexander Graham Bell foresaw many things, including that people could someday talk over a telephone. But the inventor certainly never could have anticipated that his audio-recording experiments in a Washington, D.C., lab could be recovered 130 years later and played for a gathering of scientists, curators and journalists. "To be or not to be..." a man's voice can be heard saying in one recording as it was played on a computer at the Library of Congress on Tuesday. The speaker from the 1880s recites a portion of Hamlet's Soliloquy as a green wax disc crackles to life from computer speakers. The early audio recordings — which revealed recitations of Shakespeare, numbers and other familiar lines — had been packed away and deemed obsolete at the Smithsonian Institution for more than a century. But new technology has allowed them to be recovered and played. The technology reads the sound from tiny ... More |
| For the first time in Spain: The work of photographer Gotthard Schuh at Fundacion Mapfre | | SMU Meadows School of the Arts announces recipients of third annual Meadows Prize | | Palazzo Strozzi to show Americans in Florence: Sargent and the American Impressionists | 
Miner, Winterslag, Bélgica, 1937. Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur © Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur.
MADRID.- From 14 December 2011 to 19 February 2012, Fundacion Mapfre presents for the first time in Spain the work of the photographer Gotthard Schuh (Berlin-Schöneberg, Germany, 1897 – Küsnacht, Switzerland, 1969). The exhibition has been organised in close collaboration with the Fotostiftung Schweiz in Winterthur, from where the works have been loaned, and is curated by its director Peter Pfrunder. Gotthard Schuh will be presented alongside the most important Swiss photographers of his day, all members of the College of Swiss Photographers (Kollegium Schweizer Photographen) in the 1950s. The show includes 113 photographs, 93 by Gotthard Schuh dating between 1929 and 1956, and 20 additional images by Robert Frank, Werner Bischof, Jakob Tuggener and René Groebli. Gotthard Schuh (1897-1969) was one of the most important Swiss photographers of ... More | | 
Michael Keegan-Dolan.
DALLAS, TX.- The Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University has selected two Irish artists – choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan and playwright and screenwriter Enda Walsh – as the recipients of the third annual Meadows Prize arts residency. Dublin native Michael Keegan-Dolan has been widely referred to as “the most unique choreographic voice to have emerged from Ireland in the last half century.” He is co-founder and artistic director of Dublin’s Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre, an award-winning company launched in 1997. He has written, directed, choreographed and co-produced critically acclaimed works with Fabulous Beast that combine the visual element of dance with the narrative power of theatre. His choreographic works have been produced at prestigious venues throughout Europe and the U.S., including the Royal Opera House in London, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, and the Houston ... More | | 
John Singer Sargent, Miss Priestley, c. 1889, oil on canvas; 91.4 x 63.5 cm; London, Tate, presented by Miss Emily Sargent in memory of her brother through the Art Fund 1929, N04465
FLORENCE.- Americans in Florence. Sargent and the American Impressionists on view at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence , from 3 March to 15 July 2012, sets out to illustrate the extremely fertile and multifaceted relationship that the painters of the New World established with Florence and other cities in Tuscany between the mid 19th century and the World War 1. After the end of the American Civil War, there was a substantial increase in the number of American artists travelling to Europe , although, of course, the 18th century Grand Tour tradition had never really died. The painters’ main destinations were Florence , Venice and Rome , cities which the artists idolised in their eagerness to explore their ancient monuments and to take their own measure against the art of the past. They were also attracted by the charm and variety ... More |
| White Cube Bermondsey presents artist Anselm Kiefer's "Il Mistero delle Cattedrali" | | Brilliant success of the sale of Russian art and several world records for photographs of the imperial family | | National Portrait Gallery announces call for entries for the BP Portrait Award 2012 | 
Anselm Kiefer, Il mistero delle cattedrali, 2011 (detail). Mixed media (to be confirmed), 129 15/16 x 299 3/16 in. (330 x 760 cm) © the artist. Photo: Charles Duprat. Courtesy White Cube.
LONDON.- White Cube Bermondsey presents a new exhibition of work by the internationally renowned artist Anselm Kiefer. Staged across 11,000 sq ft of gallery space, 'Il Mistero delle Cattedrali' is the largest presentation of Kiefer's work ever made in London. The title of the exhibition is taken from the esoteric publication by Fulcanelli (published in 1926), which claimed that the Gothic cathedrals of Europe had openly displayed the hidden code of alchemy for over 700 years. As with all Kiefer's work, allusions are never literal but reflect an ongoing interest in systems - mystical and material - which have evolved over centuries. Both title and exhibition reflect Kiefer's longtime fascination with the transformative nature of alchemy: 'The ideology of alchemy is the hastening of time, as in the lead-silver-gold cycle which needed ... More | | 
9 photographs of the Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna (1875-1960) wife and children, some alongside her husband Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovtch and one with his brother Emperor Nicolas II, many are signed "Xenia" CHF 400-600.
GENEVA.- The Hôtel des Ventes in Geneva was the scene of a historic moment as more than 300 original and unpublished photographs of the last Tsars of Russia were sold for a record price of almost CHF 1.6 million. Out of a total of 28 lots of photographs, 26 lots were sold for more than 100 times the estimated price, an exceptional result for a sale at auction of this type. It was only at the end of a fierce fight between several bidders in the room or over the telephone speaking French, Russian, and English that the vast majority of this collection was sold to a Swiss collector. The final destination of these photographs cannot yet be revealed. The sales closed to thunderous applause. Bernard Piguet , director and chief auctioneer said: “The results of this auction exceed all expectations, ... More | | 
Distracted by Wim Heldens © Wim Heldens [1st prize].
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The National Portrait Gallery announces the Call for Entries for the BP Portrait Award 2012, the world’s most prestigious open competition for portrait painting. The Portrait Award, now in its thirty-third year at the National Portrait Gallery and twenty-third year of sponsorship by BP, is an annual event aimed at encouraging artists to focus upon and develop portraiture in their work. The BP Portrait Award 2012 exhibition will run at the National Portrait Gallery from 21 June to 23 September 2012. The BP Portrait Award is open to all artists over the age of 18, and provides an important platform for portrait painters. In 2011, 2,372 artists submitted their work and the exhibition, featured 55 paintings. Seen by over 340,000 people, the BP Portrait Award 2011 had the highest ever visitor figures for an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. A cash award of £25,000 will go to the First Prize winner ... More |
| Bonhams to hold San Francisco based period Art and Design auction in late January | | The Word of God by Jeffrey Vallance at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh | | The Art of the Brick: LEGO sculptures by Nathan Sawaya at the Morris Museum | 
A French patinated metal and onyx shelf clock "Triomphe de L'Amour". Est. $400-600. Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Bonhams looks forward to presenting its third-ever Period Art & Design Auction, January 29, 2012 in San Francisco, featuring a strong selection of furniture and decorative arts. To tastefully outfit a living or dining room, one need look no further than the auction’s top offerings of uniquely crafted chairs and tables. Among these offerings will be a pair of mid 20th century, Louis XV style giltwood fauteuil a la reine by Quatrain. The pair features arched backs centering a foliate garland above a fluted frame over outset padded arms, ending in foliate terminals and a generous seat raised on leaf carved cabriole legs (est. $3,000-5,000). The presence of California design is also well-represented in the sale with its many offerings of designs made by Therien & Co., an antiques and design firm that provides classic 20th century pieces and period antiques from locations in both northern and southern Cal ... More | | 
Jeffrey Vallance, Juliet’s Balcony, Verona, 2006, courtesy the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York.
PITTSBURGH, PA.- The Andy Warhol Museum announces its latest special exhibition, The Word of God: Jeffrey Vallance. Jeffrey Vallance is a California artist who creates objects, installations, performance and curatorial works. Vallance’s process is based in his interactions with institutions, communities, politicians, religions, museums and pop-culture figures. Some of his past projects have included traveling throughout Polynesia in search of the origin of the myth of Tiki; creating a Richard Nixon Museum; and traveling to the Vatican, Turin, and Milan, Italy to study Christian relics. Vallance’s interest in the relics and religion brings his work to the Word of God series. This exhibition features The Vallance Bible, a series of writings based on Vallance’s personal experiences, spiritual upbringing, studies and reading as well as reliquary objects. The Vallance Bible includes a preface, a foreword, a gosp ... More | | 
Yellow by Nathan Sawaya.
MORRISTOWN, NJ.- Visitors to the Morris Museum this winter will be delighted by a new exhibition featuring over 25 awe-inspiring and thought-provoking large-scale sculptures created out of LEGO® bricks by artist Nathan Sawaya. The Morris Museum opened The Art of the Brick®, which will be on view through February 19, 2012. While the exhibition is on view, a special area has been set up where visitors, inspired by Sawaya's work, can build their own fantastic LEGO creations. Several special programs are planned, including a People’s Choice LEGO Competition at the Dec. 27 Toyland Family Festival, and, in January, a series of architect-led LEGO community architectural workshops. Nathan Sawaya is a New York-based artist who creates large-scale sculptures and oversized mosaic portraits using only toy building blocks: LEGO bricks. A common toy is elevated to the status of fine art through Sawaya’s ability to transfo ... More |
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 For its 3rd edition, Menasart-Fair becomes Beirut Art Fair BEIRUT.- Menasart-Fair (BEIRUT ART FAIR) takes place for the third time at the Beirut International Exhibition Leisure Center (BIEL), under the leadership of Laure d’Hauteville, Pascal Odille and Jean-Marc Decrop, and becomes BEIRUT ART FAIR. Its mission remains unchanged: it is the only modern and contemporary art fair to provide an exchange platform entirely dedicated to artists of the ME.NA.SA. (Middle East, North Africa, South Asia) region. After a promising opening edition in 2010, the fair brought together in 2011 for its second edition 25 international galleries and proposed a number of cultural exhibitions appreciated by more than 10,000 visitors – collectors, journalists, artists, amateurs and professionals of the art world. “The region ‘ME.NA.SA.’ that stretches from Morocco to Indonesia is booming artistically and economically. In the field of contemporary art, there are 60 museums, ... More Tribeca Issey Miyake unveils new light sculpture by Grimanesa Amorós NEW YORK, N.Y.- Tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE presents Uros, a lighting sculpture installation from a recent series of works by Peruvian artist Grimanesa Amorós. Uros will be unveiled on Thursday, December 15 and running through January 14th, 2012. Amorós recently represented Peru at the 54th Biennale di Venezia at the Fondazione Claudio Buziol as part of Future Pass, a traveling exhibition curated by Victoria Lu that will also show at Rotterdam’s Wereldmuseum, the National Taiwan Art Museum in Taichung and the Beijing Art Museum in China, with Uros Island, her light sculpture that encapsulates the floating islands in Lake Titicaca in Puno, Peru. Notable public art by Amorós includes Uros House, an installation in Times Square New York as part of the 2011 Armory Show. When Amorós was a child living on the coast of Peru, she always loved the beauty of the ocean; everything from the tides to the colors, ... More Dana Melamed opens first exhibition at Lesley Heller Workspace NEW YORK, NY.- Lesley Heller presents the sculptures and wall pieces of Dana Melamed. It is her first show with the gallery. This exhibition represents an important milestone in Melamed’s work, namely the transition from wall pieces with three dimensional elements to sculptures, expanding her narrative of the ongoing power struggle between humanity and nature. In her previous exhibitions, Melamed has been dealing with the effects of human aggression against nature and mankind. The primal drive for survival is ingrained in both the human organism and nature, thus the struggle is a never ending cycle. In her new work, Melamed is disengaging from the walls to create sculptures in the form of bio-mechanical structures, symbolizing the outcome of the struggle. She focuses on DNA, the genetic code programmed into every living organism, which dictates much of its behavior. Battle lines are drawn at the “transitional v ... More Georgia Museum of Art exhibits 30 pieces of Lycett china ATHENS, GA.- The exhibition “Lycett China” is on display at the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia through March 4 in the museum’s Martha Thompson Dinos Gallery. Edward Lycett was a porcelain painter who emigrated from Great Britain to New York in 1861. By the early 1880s, his son William and his family had settled in Atlanta and opened a studio devoted to porcelain decoration. The exhibition features close to 30 pieces of china from the Atlanta studio. Although the Lycett firm is best known for its white china with gold trim, most of the pieces that are featured in the exhibition are paint decorated. Lycett china was a staple among upper-middle-class Georgia society. “The painted and gilded china the Lycett firm produced became common in numerous Georgia households of the late 19th and early 20th century,” said Dale Couch, GMOA’s adjunct curator of decorative arts, who organ ... More Tyrannosaurus rex tooth from Montana nets $56K+ at LA auction LOS ANGELES, CA (AP).- An auction official says a huge and well-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex tooth has sold for more than $56,000 at a Los Angeles auction. The sale took place Sunday during a natural history-themed auction at Bonhams in Los Angeles. Bonhams says the tooth measuring more than five inches is among the biggest ever discovered and was found in Montana's Garfield County earlier this year. Spokeswoman Jannelle Grigsby says it sold for $56,250 to a private collector whose name was not released. The T. rex terrorized western North America some 67 million years ago. She says a fossil palm flower from Wyoming sold for $50,000. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. ... More |
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