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German-born photographer and playboy Gunter Sachs art collection to be auctioned
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A Sotheby's employee poses with a 1974 portrait of Brigitte Bardot by Andy Warhol on display at the auction house in London, Friday, May 18, 2012. The painting is part of Gunter Sachs Collection and is to be auctioned on May 22 and 23 with an estimated price of 3 to 4 million pounds (US$4.74 to 6.32 million or 3.73 to 4.94 million euro). AP Photo/Sang Tan.
LONDON (AP).- A modern art collection, including works by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Salvador Dali, will be sold next week in London, Sotheby's said Saturday. The works were collected by German-born photographer Gunter Sachs, best known for his playboy lifestyle and brief marriage to French actress Brigitte Bardot. He committed suicide at the age of 78 in May 2011. Sachs had collected hundreds of art works over his lifetime and was friends with many key artists of the 20th century, including Warhol, Dali and Georges Mathieu. Warhol's portrait of Bridget Bardot, Sachs' second wife, is one of the works being auctioned. A white plaster bust of Bardot by Alain Gourdon also is for sale. Sotheby's will auction the 300 pieces on Tuesday and Wednesday, and it expects them to fetch more than 20 million pounds ($32 million). Sachs made his name as a photographer, documentary filmmaker and art collector. He lived a jet set lifestyle, spending time with top artists in Paris and New Y ... More |
| Montreal Museum of Fine Arts hosts first North American retrospective of the work by Tom Wesselmann |
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The Beatles' Abbey Road rare backwards photo up for auction at Bloomsbury in London |
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Rita McBride undresses the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona architecture |
Tom Wesselmann, Sunset Nude with Matisse Odalisque, 2003. Oil on canvas, 304.8 x 254 cm. The Estate of Tom Wesselmann, New York© Estate of Tom Wesselmann / SODRAC, Montreal / VAGA, New York (2011). Photo Jeffrey Sturges.
MONTREAL.- Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004) was one of the greatest American Pop artists. His interpretation of the history of art and the definition of genres led him, along with Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, to invent a new, Pop, aesthetic. He incorporated all sorts of materials into his work, as well as reproductions of paintings he liked, in particular by Matisse, Picasso and Mondrian. Famous from the early 1960s for his Great American Nudes and Still Lifes, he was nonetheless the only one of his contemporaries associated with that seminal twentieth-century art movement who had not yet had a major presentation in North America. The exhibition Tom Wesselmann: Beyond Pop Art, on view in a Canadian exclusive at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts from May 19 to October 7, 2012, constitutes a historic opportunity to offer the North ... More |
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Iain MacMillan, Abbey Road, 1969. Signed chromogenic print, printed later, editioned 1/25 in the margin. Estimate: £7,000-9,000.
LONDON.- Bloomsbury Auctions, London announced its May 22nd Photographs and Photobooks sale. It will encompass a range of photographs dating from the 1850s to the present day. Nineteenth century highlights from the auction include a group of eight rare and early salt prints (from albumen on glass negatives) of Rome by Eugène Constant (£8,000 - £10,000 for the group) and one of the celebrated portraits of Julia Jackson by Julia Margaret Cameron (£6000 - 8000). The sale also includes photographs from a private Italian collection which contains vintage prints by Alexander Rodchenko, an Irving Penn portrait from the Cuzco series (£6,000 - 8,000) and and a portrait by Adolph de Meyer of his wife Baroness Olga (£6,000 - 8,000). A Postwar British photography section features photographers such as Bill Brandt, Thurston Hopkins, Grace Robertson, John Blakemore, Raymond Moore, Paul Hill and Colin Jones as well as offering C ... More |
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Rita McBride, Arena, 1997. Col·lecció MACBA. Consorci Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona. Dipòsit de l'artista © Rita McBride, 2012. Photo: Tony Coll.
BARCELONA.- Oferta publica / Public Tender is the first major presentation of Rita McBride’s work in Spain. In this exhibition, McBride re-examines the conceptual strategy made famous by Michael Asher in 1973 at his seminal exhibition at Galleria Toselli in Milan, where he sandblasted the gallery walls removing layer after layer of white paint to reveal its original pre-art brown patina. McBride expands this act of purification at the MACBA by removing most the museum’s temporary walls, skylight coverings, and door closures added to the museum architecture since the original opening 17 years ago. The result is dramatic in the way it shows how institutional space is modified by time and necessity. In a direct dialogue with the building’s architect, Richard Meier, the artist has returned most of the museum’s second floor to its initial and intentional state. This cleansing of the architecture puts the exhibiti ... More |
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| From Georgiana to Boy George: Hats made by Stephen Jones on view at the Bowes Museum |
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"A Short History of Photography: From the ICP Collection" honoring Willis E. Hartshorn, Ehrenkranz Director |
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SFMOMA curator authors first publication on Vatican Library's photography collection |
Milliner Stephen Jones, whom Italian Vogue’s Anna Piaggi describes as ‘the maker of the most beautiful hats in the world’, has worked with some of the world’s most prominent fashion houses.
COUNTY DURHAM.- One of British Fashion’s best loved characters, whose client list boasts style icons such as French First Lady Carla Bruni alongside pop divas Madonna and Kylie Minogue, is exhibiting a selection of his stunning creations at The Bowes Museum this summer. Milliner Stephen Jones, whom Italian Vogue’s Anna Piaggi describes as ‘the maker of the most beautiful hats in the world’, has worked with some of the world’s most prominent fashion houses and designers during his illustrious career, including Jean Paul Gaultier, Vivienne Westwood, Christian Dior, John Galliano and Giles Deacon. And now he is lending a selection of his fabulous hats for the show From Georgiana to Boy George, which opens at the Barnard Castle treasure house on Saturday 19th May. One of the original New Romantic style setters, Jones saw his passion for museums fuelled ... More |
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Ilse Bing, New York. El and Straw Hat, 1936. © Estate of Ilse Bing.
NEW YORK, NY.- In honor of Ehrenkranz Director Willis E. “Buzz” Hartshorn, the International Center of Photography presents an engaging survey of its vast and unique collection of photographs in the exhibition A Short History of Photography on view at ICP (1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street) May 18—September 2, 2012. This wide-ranging exhibition of 100 images includes the work of Eugène Atget, W. Eugene Smith, Cindy Sherman, Walker Evans, and André Kertész, among many others. During his 18-year tenure as Director of ICP (1994-2012), Hartshorn oversaw a substantial growth of the Collection. Under his leadership, the size of the Photography Collection has more than doubled and the breadth has expanded from an original focus on documentary photography and photojournalism to embrace myriad alternative histories of photography. The Collection was established by ICP Founder Cornell Capa in 1975 as part of the orig ... More |
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The Vatican Library is among the oldest continuously operating libraries in the world.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, in cooperation with the Vatican Library, is pleased to announce the publication of a book on the previously unknown and major collection of photographs at the Vatican Library. Authored by SFMOMA's Senior Curator of Photography Sandra S. Phillips, The Papal Collection of Photographs in the Vatican Library provides the first public look into this extraordinary collection. The book studies and reproduces over 100 photographs, and focuses on the period of the mid-19th to early 20th century, ending with pictures made around the time of World War II. "This is a wonderful collection, one that was entirely unknown to the outside world," says Phillips. "It is extremely important not only for the pictures themselves—many beautiful examples of often unknown photographers, many of whom are not professionals—but also for their historical meaning, which is very significant ... More |
| Fearsome mask sells for exceptional price in Bonhams Fine Japanese Art Sale |
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Christie's to offer painting with the masterful illusionism and the luminous vitality of Claudio Bravo |
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Historical timepieces signed by Breguet generate strong interest from international collectors |
Estimated at £3,500 – 4,000, bidders fiercely competed for the coveted mask, which eventually sold for £121,250. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- A striking red mask (tengu somen) forged out of a single piece of iron was one of the top lots in the Fine Japanese Art sale that took place on the 17th May at Bonhams, New Bond Street. Estimated at £3,500 – 4,000, bidders fiercely competed for the coveted mask, which eventually sold for £121,250. The mask was in the form of tengu, a bird-like spirit who is often depicted with a reddish face and crow-like beak. In Japanese folklore the tengu is a protective, yet mischievous spirit and a popular mask subject. A mask such as this would have originally been used as a piece of armour in the 13th century, but later examples were made as showpieces for high ranking lords. The top lot of the sale was an intricate cloisonné enamel and partial plique-à- jour square bowl by Ando Jubei from the Meiji Period (1868-1912). The bowl had an extraordinary interplay of colours, with a subtle use of traditional design and receive ... More |
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Claudio Bravo, Psalterium, 1998. Oil on canvas, 78½ x 59 in. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
NEW YORK, NY.- "I'm not a religious artist," Bravo once acknowledged, "but like great non-Catholic composers who wrote masses, I feel comfortable doing religious paintings."[1] Raised in a conservative Catholic environment and educated by Jesuits in his native Chile, Bravo developed an early interest in Spanish mystical spirituality, fostered by his readings of John of the Cross and Teresa de Ávila. He gravitated toward the religious painters of the Spanish Golden Age, notably Francisco de Zurbarán, during his formative years in Madrid, but it was his removal to Tangier in 1972 that most enriched his understanding of the divine. "The intensity of spiritual vision which was already inherent in Bravo's imagination was both underscored and transformed through his contacts with the Islamic world," Edward Sullivan has remarked. "The concentration of emotional force with which Bravo is faced through his contacts with everyday life in Morocco has served, more than anything else, as a c ... More |
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A fine and atractive large gilt bras grande and petite sonerie, quarter repeating cariage clock with calendar, alarm and moon phases. Sold for CHF 422,500 (452,202 USD). Photo: Sotheby's.
GENEVA.- Sotheby’s Geneva new “Day sales” of Important Watches saw international collectors out in force tuesday, concluding with a total of CHF 8,112,200 ($8,682,488). Covering five centuries of watch history, from the 16th to the 21st centuries, the sale was led by a 1825 carriage clock by the celebrated watch and clockmaker, Breguet which was bought for CHF 422,500 ($452,202) by the Breguet Museum, Paris. Speaking after the sale, Geoffroy Ader, Head of Sotheby’s European Watch Department, commented: “International collectors responded with enthusiasm to the offering of historical timepieces today, confirming a trend that has developed in the past five years. Timepieces signed by Breguet secured strong bids, while antique watches including inventions that revolutionised watchmaking soared above estimate”. At the core of the May ... More |
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| "A Sense of Place, New Jewellery from Northern Lands" opens at the Grand Gallery, National Museum of Scotland |
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Family portraits by the distinguished German photographer Thomas Struth on view at the National Portrait Gallery |
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Klik Systems create innovative LED system for "luminous" interactive public art platform in Sydney, Australia |
Pearl pins by Igjerd Hanevold, Asker, Norway.
EDINBURGH.- Specially designed jewellery by 16 contemporary makers from Northern Europe features in A Sense of Place, New Jewellery from Northern Lands, a new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland. Jewellers from Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Scotland were asked to create jewellery inspired by a place they love, as well as draw inspiration from each other’s work. The artists were asked to choose a place which is special to them and fill a box with objects and materials reflecting their chosen place. Each ‘Topophilia’ (love of place) box forms a three-dimensional sketchbook of their observations - encapsulating the memories, atmosphere, and history of each place. Each artist then created a piece of jewellery in response to their place. The boxes were then redistributed anonymously, and at random, among the artists, who each created a second piece inspired by the new box. The project was i ... More |
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The Smith Family, Fife by Thomas Struth 1989 (detail). ©Thomas Struth.
LONDON.- A new display at the National Portrait Gallery focuses on family portraits by the distinguished German photographer, Thomas Struth. The three portraits on display, exploring human relationships, complement Struth’s recently commissioned royal portrait which features in the new exhibition, The Queen: Art and Image. The three portraits on display are The Hirose Family, Hiroshima, 1987; The Bernstein Family, Mündersbach, 1990; and The Smith Family, Fife, 1989. Each group spans three generations with age being the significant aspect of the relationships between individuals. As with his usual practice in relation to portraits, Struth’s only rule in taking the family photographs was that each person should look into the camera. His interest in photographing families relates to his own early experience of family albums. The photographs contained in albums form a compendium of information about ... More |
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The new Luminous at Darling Quarter will be a permanent platform solely for illuminated digital art – both animated and still.
BROCKTON, MASS.- Klik Systems announced their involvement in ‘Luminous’, the world’s largest interactive light installations, officially opening today in the new Darling Quarter precinct in Sydney’s Central Business District (CBD). The new precinct has ambitions to become Sydney’s most loved community hub, and the large new digital art canvas has been manufactured by Klik Systems using advanced LED systems. Klik Systems have been supplying bespoke linear lights to architects and designers for over 25 years. Based in Eastern Creek, with international agents across the globe, Klik Systems are also joint sponsors of SPARC lighting design at the Museum of Modern Art, which runs 25 May-11 June as part of the VIVID Sydney 2012 festival. The new Luminous at Darling Quarter will be a permanent platform solely for ... More |
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 Pianist's art, jewels auctioned in New York
NEW YORK (AP).- Art, jewelry and furnishings collected by the pianist Van Cliburn has fetched over $4.3 million at an auction in New York City. Christie's auction house says Thursday's sale featured more than 150 items including English furniture, Russian art, silver and jewels. The highlight of the sale was a pair of George II giltwood mirrors attributed to Mathias Lock. They were sold for over $464,000. They had been estimated to bring between $150,000 and $250,000. The price includes the buyer's premium. Born in Louisiana and raised in Texas, Cliburn says in a news release that he collected some of the pieces to remind him of concerts in various cities around the world. Now 77, Cliburn was 23 in 1958 when he became world famous by winning a piano competition in Moscow. ... More "Living Treasures of North Carolina Craft" on view at the Fuller Craft Museum
BROCKTON, MASS.- Fuller Craft Museum, New England’s home for contemporary craft, presents Living Treasures of North Carolina Craft. On display May 12, 2012 – August 5, 2012. The Living Treasures of North Carolina Craft exhibition preserves a connection to the rich lineage of traditional craft makers from the region. North Carolina has been home to generations of American makers, a fertile ground for the practice and revival of traditional crafts—as well as opportunities for the innovative expressions of the future. With its eclectic collection of glass apples, fireplace andirons, ceramic vessels, furniture, baskets, and candlesticks, this exhibition displays the duality of traditional and contemporary craft at play. For the first time this show travels to New England, bringing a representative selection of work from the artists recognized with the North Carolina Living Treasures ... More New Museum presents Stanya Kahn as part of the Stowaways Series
NEW YORK, NY.- Stanya Kahn’s videos offer glimpses into alternate worlds populated by bizarre characters, mummified animals, natural forces, and primal impulses. Happy Song for You (2011), made with legendary artist Llyn Foulkes, demonstrates Kahn’s unique approach to storytelling in which humor and absurdity function as central forces. Featuring an original song written and performed by Foulkes, the video is set to a carefully crafted soundtrack, a signature element of Kahn’s work. Happy Song for You will be exhibited alongside a selection of ink-on-paper drawings that extend Kahn’s comedic writing into the graphic practice of cartooning. Stanya Kahn (b. 1968) lives and works in Los Angeles. Her videos were recently featured in “Two Schools of Cool” and the California Biennial, both presented at the Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA. Her video It’s ... More Ruth Ewan announced as CREATE Art Award 2012 winner
LONDON.- CREATE announced the winner of its fourth annual £50,000 participatory art award, the largest in the UK. The award gives artists who live in the 2012 Olympic host boroughs an opportunity to deliver a public art commission by engaging local residents. From May to July this year, artist Ruth Ewan will work with a group of creative mentors and invite more than 200 young people from across east London to create The Liberties of the Savoy, drawing inspiration from events that took place in 14th century London. In July, young people from across the six Olympic host boroughs will travel to The Savoy’s Lancaster Ballroom to create a unique event inspired by the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. Throughout the planning and execution of what promises to be a spectacular event, the young participants will be responsible for every aspect of the project including the menu, music, ... More |
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