DRESDEN.- Art is always a mirror of the times; a reflection of the present; a response to social questions. That is illustrated by “The Change to Come”, an exhibition to be held at the Lipsiusbau from 7 November 2024 to 16 March 2025. Presenting artists who live and work in Poland, its topic is their need for social, political and artistic change. The phenomenon of “commitment” has had a formative impact on Polish art over recent decades. Considering the dynamic upheavals affecting the entire globe, however, the exhibition is not restricted to Poland. Instead, it poses central questions about the relationship between art and society, highlighting the artist’s role as an eyewitness to contemporary challenges and as an active agent of change. One good example is Marek Sobczyk’s “Simple Rainbow”, which was created in 1991 for the Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw and displayed there for three years. The work of art returned to its pl ... More
Ala Ebtekar: Thirty-Six Views of the Moon. Artwork by Ala Ebtekar Texts by Alexander Nemerov, Kim Beil, and Ladan Akbarnia. Hardcover. 10.2 x 14 inches. 131 pages / 48 images.
AUSTIN, TX.- The imagery is striking, but the work is as much a visual delight as an intellectual one that pays deep homage to one of the most longstanding symbols in history: Ala Ebtekar's Thirty-Six Views of the Moon. Duality between visuals that captures beauty and the textual representation that strikes words, the book approaches the concept of time cyclically, the cultural history of the moon that symbolizes romance, and the transcendental ... More
Oil on canvas by Ernest Lawson (American, 1873-1939), titled Boathouse, Winter, Harlem River (1918), 25 inches by 30 inches, artist signed and dated ($125,000).
MILFORD, CONN.- 19th century American art and American Impressionism drove stellar results in Shannon’s fall auction held October 24th. The sale totaled over $3 million, with 80 percent of the 183 lots selling. A new world auction record was set for Alfred T. Bricher for $337,500 (all prices reported include the buyer’s premium). The Bricher painting, titled Morning at Narragansett - The Turn of the Tide, was executed in 1871 and ... More
Online bidding opens from 12 to 26 November 2024 at sothebys. com. Courtesy Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announces the sale of Real Madrid’s first team locker room from the iconic Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Bidding will open online from 12 November at sothebys.com for two weeks. The sale occurs following the most extensive renovation of the Santiago Bernabéu stadium the club’s history. Marking the first time any locker from a European championship team has been offered at auction, the sale is being held in partnership with Pursuit 3 Marketing Group S.L., the official Real Madrid memorabilia partner. ... More
Exterior of the Breuer Building. Photo by Max Touhey. Photo: Courtesy Sotheby’s.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s today announces the completion of the purchase of 945 Madison Avenue and the appointment of architects Herzog & de Meuron to lead its sensitive adaptation and renovation. As the new home of Sotheby’s New York, the modernist landmark designed by Marcel Breuer will feature state-of-the- art gallery space to showcase Sotheby’s full suite of offerings – including reimagined auction rooms, exhibitions across its wide range of collecting ... More
José de Madrazo, Study of a male nude in profile with a raised dagger for The Death of Viriato. Composite pencil on laid paper c. 1807. Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado.
MADRID.- The Museo Nacional del Prado is celebrating Spanish Neoclassicism with a compelling new exhibition featuring the drawings of José de Madrazo. Titled “Juramentos de papel” (“Oaths of Paper”), the exhibit delves into the artistic and ideological depths of one of Spain’s most influential 19th-century painters. Drawing from the extraordinary Daza-Madrazo ... More
Chakaia Booker, Untitled (1996), photo by Matt Neckers and courtesy of The Current, Stowe, VT.
NEW YORK, NY.- David Nolan Gallery is presenting its second solo gallery exhibition with Chakaia Booker, Empty Seat, on view from November 1 to December 21, 2024. Chakaia Booker is one of the foremost sculptors of her generation. For over four decades, Booker has masterfully manipulated the rubber tire into forms previously unimaginable. In doing so she elevates the material to new heights, showcasing her distinct ability in sculptures ranging from the petite to the ... More
Donald Judd, Untitled (2-L), 1961-69. Woodcut in cadmium red on cartridge paper. Frame: 32 1/2 x 24 x 1 3/4 in. Edition AP from an edition of 10 on cartridge paper and 10 on etching paper, signed and dated verso R.C.J. Don Judd 2-L 0/10 61-69 Artist’s Proof - RCJ - 4/69.
SHANGHAI.- Paula Cooper Gallery announced a pop-up exhibition of gallery artists in Shanghai, hosted in an exquisite three-story garden townhouse in the heart of the former French Concession area. Titled Resonance (回响), and scheduled to open during the WestBund and ART021 art fairs, ... More
Jamel Shabazz, Best Friends, Brooklyn, New York, 1981, from As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic (Aperture, 2021). Courtesy Jamel Shabazz.
LONDON.- As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic, a compelling exhibition of photographs from African Diasporic culture selected from the Wedge Collection, is being presented at Saatchi Gallery this winter. Organised by Aperture and curated by Elliott Ramsey, the exhibition showcases work by Black artists from Canada, United States, Great Britain, The Caribbean, and the African Continent. The exhibition celebrates ... More
BRUSSELS.- The Rotor project, a pioneer in sustainable construction and material recovery, is set to unveil its latest exhibition, "Rotor. Entangled Matter," showcasing innovative approaches to ecological practices within the built environment. Launched in 2005, Rotor has evolved into two distinct entities: RotorDC, a cooperative founded in 2016 dedicated to dismantling, processing, and selling reusable construction elements and furniture, and the association Rotor, established in 2006, which functions as a study, research, ... More
Kim MacConnel, Sketch, 1979. Gouache on paper, 19 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches (49.5 x 57.1 cm).
NEW YORK, NY.- Luhring Augustine is presenting Slice of Life, a solo exhibition of works by Kim MacConnel that is on view in the Chelsea location from October 25 through December 21, 2024. This show marks the artist’s second with the gallery, his work having previously featured in the group exhibition Patterns (Summer 2024). Slice of Life showcases a group of MacConnel’s seminal “bedsheet” paintings alongside ... More
Krzysztof Grzybacz, Colors of The Eyes, 2022. Oil on canvas, 100 × 80 cm. Image courtesy of the artist and Dawid Radziszewski Gallery.
BEIJING.- X Museum is presenting Polish artist Krzysztof Grzybacz’s first institutional solo exhibition, titled Does It Ever Happen. The exhibition runs from November 1, 2024, to February 14, 2025, in Gallery 1-3 at X Museum in Beijing. It features over 20 works from Grzybacz’s recent practice, including five new paintings and eight drawings created specifically for this exhibition. ... More
Caroline Lucas. Photo by JJ Waller.
EASTBOURNE.- Stephen Welton CBE has been appointed as the new Chair of the Board of Trustees of Towner Eastbourne following David Dimbleby’s retirement as Chair after ten years. Stephen is currently Chair of the British Business Bank, which is the UK’s economic development bank, a position he has held since October 2023. With over three decades of experience in financial services, investment, and business leadership, both in the UK and internationally, he has built ... More
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Springfield Art Museum receives significant donation from Enamel Arts Foundation SPRINGFIELD, MO.- The Springfield Art Museum announced the recent acquisition of a significant gift from the Enamel Arts Foundation, adding 33 modern and contemporary enamel works to its collection, arriving in late 2024. The collection spans the 1950s to the present, enriching the museum’s collection with a dynamic range of enameling techniques, forms, and cultural perspectives. Featuring luminaries like June Schwarcz, Doris Hall, and Edward Winter alongside contemporary leaders Kat Cole, Jessica Calderwood, and Zachary Lechtenberg, this collection offers future visitors a unique view into the evolution of enameling as a vibrant, versatile art form. These pieces complement the museum’s permanent collection, largely consisting of work by Springfield-based artist Sarah Perkins, a recognized figure in contemporary enameling and former ... More
Prada presents "Distance of the Moon" by Shuang Li SHANGHAI.- Prada presents “Distance of the Moon,” an exhibition by Shuang Li (b. 1990, China) with the support of Fondazione Prada. The exhibition will be on view from 6 November 2024 to 12 January 2025 at Prada Rong Zhai, a 1918 historic residence in Shanghai restored by Prada and reopened in October 2017. “Distance of the Moon” is Li’s first solo institutional exhibition in Asia and features a series of new works conceived especially for Prada Rong Zhai. As stated by Shuang Li, “Communication and technology have always inspired my works. When communication can only happen digitally, technology and algorithms become draconian, where everyone is flattened into pixels, and physical bodies are rendered helpless. Communicating with loved ones, especially parents, has always been challenging and it becomes harder in this context. ... More
Adelaide Festival announces 2025 program ADELAIDE.- Adelaide Festival announced its 40th program, promising a suite of international and Australian productions and artists which will further enhance its 65-year reputation as Australia’s premier international festival. For 2025, beloved Adelaide Festival programs Adelaide Writers’ Week, WOMADelaide, Chamber Landscapes and Daylight Express will make their anticipated returns and next year will see a new festival hub, The Courtyard. Located on the Festival Plaza, this vibrant new meeting place will offer food, drinks, and nightly programming from Wednesday to Sunday evenings. The Festival kicks off with Australia's opera event of the year – the epic, international thriller Innocence. Following its sellout triumph at the Royal Opera Covent Garden, and immediately before its New York debut at the Metropolitan Opera, this astonishing ... More
Nexo Edizioni releases book by renowned archaeologist and art historian Giuseppe Consoli Guardo MILAN.- Nexo Edizioni announced the posthumous publication of Giuseppe Consoli Guardo's seminal work, "For Antonello and Zanetto: New Perspectives." This insightful volume combines research findings, data, and artistic analyses to explore the dynamic relationship between the esteemed 15th-century Italian painter Antonello da Messina and the innovative Lombard artist Zanetto Bugatto, offering fresh avenues for historical inquiry. Giuseppe Consoli Guardo (1919-2010), a renowned archaeologist and art historian, meticulously examines the cultural and artistic bonds that linked Antonello da Messina—a pivotal figure in European Renaissance art—to Zanetto Bugatto. Consoli Guardo delves into Antonello’s lesser-known early years, proposing that the artist may have contributed to the fresco "The Triumph of Death" housed in Palermo's ... More
Exhibition at Villa Medici offers visitors a journey around the theme of water ROME.- Following the exhibition Stories of Stones (2023), Villa Medici continues its exploration of the elements with a journey around the theme of water, featuring works by around 30 internationally renowned contemporary artists. Ten of these creations have been specifically designed for the occasion. On the ground and in the atmosphere, as both an element and a resource, water constitutes us and overflows the world. Protean in form – rain, seas, droplets, dew, streams, clouds, fog, and tears – it is the essential source of all life. Diverted, extracted, and polluted, water has now become a vital issue in the ongoing ecological crisis. But although it has been conquered, the abyssal depths remain today more mysterious than the Moon, land of dreams, inhabited by fantastic monsters. This exhibition follows the cycle of water, from sunken civilizations ... More
Exhibition traces the various stages of Chantal Akerman's career PARIS.- Jeu de Paume pays tribute to Belgian filmmaker, artist and writer Chantal Akerman (Brussels 1950 - Paris 2015) with an exceptional exhibition, conceived by the Bozar-Centre for Fine Arts, The Chantal Akerman Foundation and Royal Film Archive of Belgium (CINEMATEK), in collaboration with Jeu de Paume for the presentation in France. Chantal Akerman: Travelling outlines her unique journey from the early beginnings in Brussels to various deserts, from her first films to her final installations in 2015. Featuring unique and previously unseen footage, production, as well as work documents from her archives, this is the first major retrospective of the Brussels-based artist. The exhibition traces the various stages of Chantal Akerman’s career and also sheds light on the different locations where she has worked and filmed. It also showcases ... More
Sculpture inspires researchers to explore Sunderland's creative industries SUNDERLAND.- A new sculpture paying tribute to Wearside’s shipbuilding heritage is the inspiration behind a project by three University of Sunderland researchers which explores the city’s evolving creative industries while celebrating its industrial past. This year, ‘Molly’, a tribute to the city’s forgotten women shipyard workers of World War II, will be installed on the riverside walkway near the University’s St Peter’s Campus. The life-size corten steel sculpture was created by Dr Ron Lawson, artist and Senior Lecturer (Professional Practice) at the University of Sunderland, whose own career began in heavy industry. Dr Lawson said: “Molly signifies and embodies the spirit of Sunderland women, their strength and resourcefulness, and I feel extremely privileged and proud to create this sculpture in tribute and remembrance ... More
Exhibition at Palais de Tokyo presents Myriam Mihindou's work made over the last twenty years PARIS.- “Praesentia” (a polysemous title evoking presence, power, and protection) offers a generous unfolding of Myriam Mihindou’s work over the last twenty years, including new productions. The exhibition is particularly interested in the way in which the artist assumes the spiritual and therapeutic, as well as the social and political functions of art, through gestures, forms, and materials. Some dominant narratives are thus re-read by their margins, making visible bodies, voices, practices, and imaginaries that have long been neglected or minoritised. This exhibition is co conceived and co-produced with the CRAC Occitanie in Sète, to ensure that the works are visible over a longer period of time, and that they are accessible to a wide range of audiences. This exhibition has been jointly curated and produced with the Crac Occitanie (Sète) ... More
On a day like today, Italian artist and designer Harry Bertoia died
November 06, 1978. Harry Bertoia (b. March 10, 1915 in San Lorenzo, Pordenone, Italy. d. November 6, 1978 in Barto, Pennsylvania, United States), was an Italian-born artist, sound art sculptor, and modern furniture designer. In this image: Bertoia's "Textured Screen" caused much controversy when it was unveiled for the Dallas Public Library in 1954.
