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British artist David Hockney poses for photographers with his painting 'The Arrival Of Spring In Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011' at his exhibition 'A Bigger Picture' at the Royal Academy in London, Britain, 16 January 2012. The exhibition will run from 21 January to 09 April 2012. EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA.
LONDON.- On January 21, 2012 the Royal Academy of Arts will present the first major exhibition in the UK to showcase David Hockney’s landscape work. Vivid paintings inspired by Yorkshire landscape, many large in scale and created specifically for the exhibition, will be shown alongside related drawings and films. Through a selection of works spanning fifty years, this new body of work will be placed in the context of Hockney’s extended exploration of and fascination with landscape. Highlights will include three groups of new work made since 2005, when Hockney returned to live in Bridlington, showing an intense observation of his surroundings in a variety of media. The exhibition will reveal the artist’s emotional engagement with the landscape he knew in his youth, as he examines on a daily basis the changes in the seasons, the cycle of growth and variations in light conditions. The exhibition will take ... More |
| C'est la vie: Photography since 1940 opens at the Swiss National Museum in Zurich | | Christie's to sell Elizabeth Taylor art collection including a Vincent van Gogh landscape | | Two portraits by celebrated Irish artist Sir William Orpen to headline Sotheby's London sale | 
Visitors look at images, during the opening of the exhibition 'C'est la vie. Press Pictures since 1940', at the Swiss National Museum.
ZURICH.- For the first time, the Swiss National Museum in Zurich presents its extensive archive of press photographs. The exhibition looks at recent Swiss history from
the perspective of the press photographer and reveals how, in the second half of the 20th century, press photography developed into the photojournalism we know today. Housed in three original pavilions by the designer and engineer Jean Prouvé from the 1940s, «C’est la vie» includes meticulously composed photographs depicting political events, episodes from everyday life, unforgettable moments, candid pictures of well-known personalities and portraits of everyday heroes. It also shows how the extensive photo reportages of the early years were superseded by individual snapshots – initially still in black and white, then in colour. New methods of image transfer and printing technologies enabled ever-increasing ... More | | 
Vincent van Gogh's autumn landscape "Vue de l'Asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Remy". AP Photo/HO Christie's.
By: Jill Lawless, Associated Press
LONDON (AP).- A Vincent van Gogh landscape and other paintings from the collection of Elizabeth Taylor are up for auction in London next month. Christie's auction house says 38 works belonging to the late actress will be included in Impressionist and modern sales Feb. 7 and 8. They include van Gogh's autumn landscape "Vue de l'Asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Remy," estimated at 5 million to 7 million pounds ($7.6 million to $11 million), as well as an Edgar Degas self-portrait and works by Camille Pissarro and Auguste Renoir. The daughter of a London art dealer, Taylor amassed a significant collection of 19th and 20th century works. Her father, Francis Taylor, bought the van Gogh painting in 1963 on his daughter's behalf for $257,600 at a Sotheby's auction in London. It was later the subject of an ownership battle that ended in 2007, when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider a claim brought by descendants ... More | | 
Sir William Orpen, Portrait of Geoffrey, Fourth Marquis of Headfort. Estimate: £60,000-80,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Two outstanding portraits by Irish artist Sir William Orpen will headline Sotheby’s sale of British and Irish Art in London on Thursday, 10 May 2012. The company is redesigning its traditional auctions of Victorian and Edwardian Art, and Irish Art and these sales will be retitled British and Irish Art: Victorian / Early 20th Century / Sporting / Marine / Scottish / Irish. These auctions will take place in May and November and will bring together the finest drawings, watercolours and oil paintings from the Pre-Raphaelites to the British Impressionists. In addition, these two sales will have dedicated sections for Victorian Art, Early 20th Century British Art, Marine Art, Sporting Art, The Scottish Sale and The Irish Sale. Celebrating the distinct character of British and Irish Art will no doubt engage collectors worldwide, in response to the demands of new buyers who collect across a variety of genres. Sir Willia ... More |
| Saatchi Gallery announces "INK: The New Ink Art from China" exhibition in June 2012 | | Phillips de Pury & Company opens exhibition of Contemporary art from Azerbaijan | | Canada's Royal BC Museum appoints Museum of London's Jack Lohman as new CEO | 
Wei Ligang, 'Fragrant Thornbush Near Streamhead and Butterflies on the Bank', 2007 (detail). Ink and acrylic on paper.
LONDON.- Ink is an exhibition featuring the finest examples of contemporary Chinese Ink art at London’s landmark Saatchi gallery and subsequently at Asia House. The exhibition, curated by Michael Goedhuis, is the first comprehensive display of this genre to be shown in a public gallery of international standing and draws together major examples from distinguished private collections. Timed to coincide with London in June when art and antique collectors from all over the world descend on the capital, this cutting-edge show will feature ground-breaking artists from the internationally recognized Xu Lei to the avant-garde Qiu Anxiong. Ink will run from Saturday 16 June to Thursday 28 June 2012 at the Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York's Square, London, SW3 4SQ. “I am delighted to be working with the Saatchi Gallery to finally be able to provide the general public access to The New Ink Art which is perhaps the boldest p ... More | | 
Faig Ahmed, Wave, 2011. Plastic and handmade woolen carpet; 230 x 200 x 80 cm. This work is from an edition of 3. Photo: Courtesy of Phillips de Pury & Company.
LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company presents Fly to Baku: Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan featuring 21 contemporary artists from Azerbaijan, curated by Hervé Mikaeloff. “In the summer of 2011 my wife and I visited Baku for the first time we were struck by the vibrant art scene and the quality and originality of the artists we visited, which lead us to put together this groundbreaking show curated by Hervé Mikaeloff.” Simon de Pury, Chairman, Phillips de Pury & Company. Highlights include works by: Altai Sadiqzadeh. Altai Sadiqzadeh was responsible for the concept behind the architectural design of the Museum of Modern Art in Baku. The interior space, with its sloping walls and without doors or corners, was designed especially with avant-garde art in mind, allowing the art and the building containing it to enjoy a symbiosis. His sculptural metal constructions, installations and painted canvases are ... More | | 
Jack Lohman (above) succeeds retiring CEO Pauline Rafferty. Photo: Marcio Scavone.
VICTORIA, BC.- The Royal BC Museum Board of Directors has named British cultural leader and scholar Jack Lohman as the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer. He will assume his new position on March 26, 2012. Lohman, Director of the Museum of London since 2002, will succeed retiring CEO Pauline Rafferty, who has led the Royal BC Museum for the past 10 years. “London’s loss is British Columbia’s gain,” said John Williams, Chair of the Royal BC Museum Board of Directors. “Jack has extensive international experience in building great museums and providing strong leadership in the cultural sector. He has the qualities and skills to lead the Royal BC Museum into its next chapter of growth.” “The Royal BC Museum is highly regarded as one of Canada’s great cultural treasures. I am delighted to join its distinguished staff at a time of new development and to ensure the Museum r ... More |
| Ultimate in classic era design and rarity headed to RM's Amelia Island sale in March | | Yul Brynner: A Photographic Journey exhibition on view at The Little Black Gallery in London | | Suspicions rise in Chile's Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda's death; exhumation may go forward | 
1934 Packard Twelve Convertible Victoria. Photo: Darin Schnabel ©2011 Courtesy of RM Auctions.
BLENHEIM, ON.- RM Auctions, the official auction house of the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, has announced an exceptional roster of automobiles for its highly-anticipated Amelia Island sale, March 10 in Northeast Florida. Returning to the prestigious Ritz-Carlton Hotel, the well-established sale – now in its 14th year – will present a magnificent roster of 100 blue-chip automobiles as it looks to build upon RM’s strong track record in Northeast Florida. In 2011, the company once again enjoyed the top auction results posted during the Amelia Island Concours weekend, generating a remarkable $24.3 million in sales with a superb 96% of lots sold – the highest tally ever achieved during the event’s history. The 2012 event promises to continue the momentum with a stellar list of early entries, including a handsome 1934 Packard Twelve Dietrich Convertible Victoria and a stunning 1929 Cord L-29 Ha ... More | | 
Elizabeth Taylor at home Hollywood, 1959. © The Estate of Yul Brynner.
LONDON.- The Little Black Gallery presents Yul Brynner: A Photographic Journey on view from January 11 through February 11, 2012. Yul Brynner’s reputation as one of the twentieth century’s most charismatic and versatile actors is irrefutable. But his talent as a photographer has been relatively unknown and unacknowledged. Brynner’s subjects are some of the pivotal figures of cinematic and stage history, and his talent lies in capturing these people and particularly actors (those best at disguising their true selves) at ease, both on and off set: Charlton Heston as Moses in The Ten Commandments, Audrey Hepburn in a gondola in Venice, Elizabeth Taylor relaxing poolside. The exhibition has been put together by Brynner’s daughter Victoria Brynner, and coincides with the recently published book of the same name. Yul Brynner was an actor, director, musician and photographer. One of Hollywood’ ... More | | 
Pablo Neruda, poet and then Chilean ambassador to France, talks with reporters in Paris. AP Photo/Laurent Rebours.
By: Eva Vergara, Associated Press
ISLA NEGRA (AP).- The suspicions have lingered for decades. Pablo Neruda, Chile's Nobel Prize-winning poet, would have been a powerful voice in exile against the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet. But that all changed just 24 hours before Neruda was to flee the country in the chaos following the 1973 military coup. He was 69 years old and suffering from prostate cancer when he died, exactly 12 days after the brutal coup that ended the life of his close friend, socialist President Salvador Allende. The official version was that he died of natural causes brought on by the trauma of witnessing the coup and the lethal persecution of many of his friends. Some Chileans have questioned that official telling of Neruda's death and instead suspected foul play at the hands of Pinochet's ... More |
| Rare South African coins highlight $10.7+ million Heritage NYINC world coins auction | | Researchers, tribes clash over Native bones; new federal protections may soon transfer to tribes | | Bonhams to sell belt buckle believed to be oldest Cricket artifact outside Britain | 
George V bronze pattern Sovereign 1928-SA, reeded edge. Estimate: $40,000 - $50,000.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- A unique South African bronze 1928 pattern sovereign, graded Matte Proof 64 by NGC, brought $184,000 as the top lot in Heritage Auctions’ $10.7+ million Jan. 2-3 World & Ancient Coins Signature® Auction at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel held as part of the New York International Numismatic Convention. All prices include 19.5% Buyer’s Premium. “South African numismatics are quite hot and the prices in this auction show that, led by this beautiful pattern sovereign,” said Cristiano Bierrenbach, Vice President of Heritage Auctions. “This coin appealed broadly to collectors worldwide, for a variety of reasons, and ended up more than doubling its pre-auction estimate of $40,000+.” The $10.7 million total prices realized came from more than 2,580 bidders vying for more than 2,250 lots in the auction, translating into a sell-through rate of 87% by value. While the NYINC World & Ancient C ... More | | 
Dr. Mari Lyn Salvador, Director of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, looks at basketry design made by Pomo Indians. AP Photo/Ben Margot.
By: Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press
BERKELEY, CA (AP).- On a bluff overlooking a sweep of Southern California beach, scientists in 1976 unearthed what were among the oldest skeletal remains ever found in the Western Hemisphere. Researchers would come to herald the bones — dating back nearly 10,000 years — as a potential treasure trove for understanding the earliest human history of the continental United States. But a local tribal group called the Kumeyaay Nation claimed that the bones, representing at least two people, were their ancestors and demanded them back several years ago. For decades, fights like this over the provenance and treatment of human bones have played out across the nation. Yet new federal protections could mean that the vast ... More | | 
The buckle, which has attracted a pre-sale estimate of £100,000 – 150,000, was discovered by Clive Williams, a retired advertising consultant from London. Photo: Bonhams.
CHESTER.- Bonhams to be sell the oldest known cricket artefact outside the British Isles, a belt buckle featuring an Afro-European slave playing cricket in Barbados, in its Sporting Memorabilia sale on 30 May 2012 in Chester. The buckle, which has attracted a pre-sale estimate of £100,000 – 150,000, was discovered by Clive Williams, a retired advertising consultant from London, with a metal detector that had been given to him by his wife while on holiday near the River Tweed in the Scottish borders in 1979. He cleaned it to discover the figure of a mixed race slave playing cricket, holding a cricket bat and in the act of being bowled out. By chance, Williams was a cricket fanatic and had worked in the West Indies and so he began to research his find. With the help of institutions such ... More |
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 Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris presents "Hybrid Witness" by Eko Nugroho PARIS.- In Paris since September, at the Villa Raffet as part of a residency programme by SAM Art Projects, Eko Nugroho is an Indonesian artist born in Yogyakarta in 1977. Following the exhibition by Inci Eviner organised by SAM Art Projects in 2011, the Musée dʼArt moderne de la Ville de Paris integrates the exhibition « Témoin hybride » (Hybrid Witness ) by Eko Nugroho into its permanent collections. The artist has taken possession of the space by covering the floor, walls and ceiling with mural paintings. He also presents around twenty canvases made during his time in Paris, hybrid characters somewhere between monsters and teenagers, bringing an unsettling and ironic point of view. These canvases alternate with imposing embroideries, a traditional technique hijacked by the artist, sculptures and characters seemingly from science-fiction and an animated film which is both playful and unsettling. Eko ... More Artist Gary Taxali collaborates with the Royal Mint TORONTO, ON.- Internationally celebrated contemporary visual artist and award-winning illustrator, Gary Taxali, recently appointed to the Stamp Advisory Committee for Canada Post, has collaborated with the Royal Canadian Mint to create a series of six celebratory coins to feature in their 2012 gift sets, covering the themes of Birthday, Wedding, Tooth Fairy, New Baby, O Canada, and Holiday (which will be released later this year). Taxali is known for his reinvention of pop art and iconography reminiscent of the 1930s with comparisons to pop culture masters like Keith Haring and Andy Warhol. Fine art, pop culture and 1930s style iconography and graphics are intertwined in the unique retro style of the coins. The Taxali designed coins are a unique and marked departure from the Mint’s usual coin designs with a more edgy, vintage yet contemporary style. Each coin is like a miniature collectible piece of Taxali art with ... More Dundee Museum announces biology-inspired art collection, with support of the Art Fund DUNDEE.- The University of Dundee Museum Collections have been awarded a grant of £100,000 from the Art Fund to build a collection of art inspired by D’Arcy Thompson, the University’s first Professor of Biology. Curator Matthew Jarron explained: “D’Arcy was a brilliant polymath whose work laid the foundations for the science of biomathematics but who also had an extraordinary influence on art and design that continues to this day. Many famous artists such as Henry Moore, Richard Hamilton and Jackson Pollock drew on his work and we’re keen to get today’s artists using his surviving collection in our Zoology Museum as a further source of inspiration. We’re absolutely delighted to have been awarded this grant, which will allow us to acquire some 20th century artworks as well as working with contemporary artists to create new pieces for our collection.” The Museum Collections will w ... More Works from the early 1970s to the present by Hamish Fulton at Turner Contemporary MARGATE.- This is Hamish Fulton's first one-person show in a UK public gallery since 2002. The exhibition brings together works from the early 1970s to the present, including a new film of a group walk in Margate commissioned by Turner Contemporary in the lead up to the opening of the gallery. Based in Kent, Hamish Fulton has made walking the basis of his practice for the past three decades, producing photography, text and sketches that evolve from the experience of solo and group walks in the landscape. Hamish Fulton?s art focuses on an engagement with the environment and the self through the experience of walking. He describes himself as a ?walking artist? resisting the limitations of the terms ?land artist?, ?performance artist? or sculptor. In exhibitions he has often produced photography, text work and sketches that evolve from the experience of a particular walk. Walk embodies Fulton?s approach to walking as ... More Art Stage Singapore 2012 hits the mark SINGAPORE.- The sophomore edition of Art Stage Singapore 2012, Asia’s global art gathering, closed on Sunday, 15 January 2012. Despite a challenging economic situation, there were many important sales made at the fair. Some of them included: • Michael Schultz Gallery sold an “Abstraktes Bild (Abstract Painting)” by Gerhard Richter for US$1.52 million (S$2 million) • Haunch of Venison sold a number of Gonkar Gyatso works including the “Dissected Buddha”, 2011, for US$200,000 (S$260,000), as well as an undisclosed piece for US$400,000 (S$518,000) • Gajah Gallery sold two paintings by I Nyoman Masriadi for US$350,000 (S$453,000) • Linda Gallery sold a work by Indonesian artist Srihardi Soedarsono for US$232,000 (S$300,000) • De Sarthe Gallery sold a few sculptures by Bernar Venet for US$100,000 (S$130,000) • Galerie Perrotin sold MR’s “Desktop of My Mind& ... More |
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