Ludwig von Hofmann, Nackte Schiffer (Fischer) und Knaben am grünen Gestade (Nude Fishermen and Boys on Green Shore), c. 1900, 142.5 x 204.5 cm / 153 x 215 x 8 cm (framed), Leipzig.
CHICAGO, IL.- It is a little-known fact that the word homosexual only entered the lexicon in 1869; before that, the concept didn’t exist. The emergence of the idea of homosexuality and the profound changes it sparked are examined by Jonathan D. Katz, one of the country’s pre-eminent queer art historians, in The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869-1939, on view from Friday, May 2, to Saturday, July 26, at Wrightwood 659 in Lincoln Park, Chicago. More than 300 paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints, photographs, and films will be on view, many presented for the first time within the context of global queer and colonial inquiry. Ranging from well-known masterpieces to unexpected works by little-known or anonymous artists, works have been drawn from such museums as The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Musée d’Orsay; Tate; Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; and ... More
19th century 3-dimensional Art Nouveau polychrome enamel vase marked Volkstedt, 18 ¼ inches tall, in the form of a huge iris with a woman holding a chamberstick. Estimate: $1,500-$3,000.
DOUGLASS, KAN.- The private collection of Grady and Annette Hite of North Carolina – over 1,000 pieces of Wave Crest, American Brilliant Cut Glass, art pottery, R.S. Prussia and other fine items – will come up for bid in an auction on Saturday, April 26th, starting at 9:30am Central time by Woody Auction, online (via LiveAuctioneers.com) and live in the Woody auction hall. “We’ve had the pleasure of knowing the Hites for decades and it is our sincere honor to auction their collection,” said Jason Woody of Woody Auction. “Their collection is so vast that we’re auctioning it in two days – Friday, April 25th in an online-only setting, and Saturday, April 26th, in-person and online.” The auction hall is located at 130 East Third Street in Douglass, Kansas. The Hites have been a part of the antique community for many decades and have been ... More
1925 Colt advertising poster with an illustration titled Tex and Patches by artist Frank E. Schoonover, printed on heavy texture paper with brilliant color, signed (CA$11,210).
NEW HAMBURG, ON.- Three antique Winchester cartridge display boards from around the turn of the century combined for nearly $200,000 in an online-only Firearms & Sporting Auction, featuring the diverse collections of Wayne G. Connor and the late Robert Warwick, held March 29th by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. In all, 211 lots came up for bid. All prices quoted in this report are in Canadian dollars and include an 18 percent buyer’s premium. The sale was packed with early and rare firearms art and advertising, store displays, factory cartridge boards, fine Winchester rifles and shotguns, Colt percussion revolvers, flintlocks, Smith & Wesson cartridge revolvers, North American trade muskets, magnificent decoys, factory reloading tools, scarce ammunition boxes, and a sprinkling of iconic military rifles. The American- ... More
Louis XVI Giltwood and Aubusson Settee, 19th century. Estimate $1,200-$1,800.
GLEN COVE, NY.-Roland Auctions NY will present an exquisite collection of rarely seen Art Deco cufflinks as part of their upcoming Multi-Estates auction on Saturday, April 5th at 10am, featuring items from multiple noteworthy estates. The cufflink collection will join an impressive selection of Fine and Contemporary Art, Antique furniture pieces, Silver, Decorative Arts, Asian Arts, Textiles and Lighting. Previews will be held on Thursday, April 3rd & Friday, April 4th, 10am – 6pm. The over 150 pair of Art Deco and early Mid-Century cufflinks, are all from the personal collection of Fine Art, Antiques and Collectibles Consultant and prominent New York Wall Street attorney Burton Fendelman. Burt and Helaine, his wife of 60 years, spent a lifetime collecting art and antiques while travelling the world. Burt was also a co-founder of the Antiques Dealers Association, and died in February 2024. His passion for Art Deco cufflinks, ... More
MILAN.- Fondazione Prada presents “Typologien: Photography in 20th-century Germany,” an extensive study dedicated to 20-century German photography, at its Milan venue from 3 April to 14 July 2025. The exhibition, hosted within Podium, the central building of the Milan headquarters, is curated by Susanne Pfeffer, art historian and director of the MUSEUM MMK FÜR MODERNE KUNST, Frankfurt. The exhibition attempts to apply the principle of “typology,” which originated in 17th- and 18th-century botany to categorize and study plants, and appeared in photography in the early 1900s, affirming itself in Germany throughout the 20th century. Paradoxically, the given formal principle allows for unexpected convergences of German artists spanning different generations and the ... More
CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago announced Frida Kahlo’s Month in Paris: A Friendship with Mary Reynolds, on view from March 29–July 13, 2025. This is the first exhibition of Frida Kahlo’s work organized by the Art Institute of Chicago, and it focuses on a pivotal period in 1939 when Kahlo resided at the Paris home of Mary Reynolds, an American avant-garde bookbinder, whose home was a hub for the city’s artistic community. The tightly-focused exhibition includes extraordinary loans from public and private collections across the United States, Mexico, and Europe, and also draws on the Art Institute’s own extensive Mary Reynolds Collection. The show features 100 objects, including seven of Kahlo’s most important self-portraits, letters written by Kahlo recounting her time in Paris, book bindings, works on paper, photographs, ... More
LONDON.- Serpentine presents Thoughts in the Roots, the most comprehensive insti- tutional exhibition of Giuseppe Penone presented in the UK. On view from 3 April to 7 September 2025, the exhibition will be staged at Serpentine South and extend beyond the gallery to feature sculptures in the Royal Parks. Thoughts in the Roots showcases the artist’s continued interest in the relationship between humans and the natural world, featuring works that range from 1969 to today. A leading figure in the Arte Povera movement, born in Italy in the 1960s, that celebrates the simplicity of natural materials and artistic techniques, Giuseppe Penone experiments with a wide range of materials including wood, iron, wax, bronze, terracotta, marble and plaster, bringing their individual physical qualities to the fore. Since its launch in the 1970s, Serpentine has maintained a long-standing commitment to bringing art out of the traditional gallery context ... More
Installation view of Mark Leckey Nobodaddy, 2018, Tramway, Glasgow International, 2018. Courtesy the artist and Cabinet, London. Photo: Keith Hunter.
PARIS.- Lafayette Anticipations presents Mark Leckey’s first institutional solo exhibition in Paris. Bringing together around twenty existing and new works, the exhibition unfolds around the idea of ecstasy, understood as a state of extreme emotion, a spiritual or physical experience of being taken outside of oneself. “The meaning of ecstasy is to be displaced, literally to be removed from out of the place where you stand”, says Leckey, particularly affected by the intensity of such emotions “that make you unstable, untethered, that remove you from your normal place of function and towards something groundless, without horizon or a z-axis.” One of the most important British artists of his generation, since the late 1990s, Leckey has explored the relationship between popular culture and technology, as well as ideas around youth, class, memory, and nostalgia through raves, amusement ... More
Junko Narita, Doll, "Prayer of a Thousand Years" 千年の祈り, 2023. Heirloom antique fabrics, wood powder, clay, pigments, antique gold and jewels, silk. H22 7/8 x W8 1/4 x D8 5/8 in. Photo: Ippodo Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- Asia Week New York–the only event of its kind devoted to Asian Art in the United States– concluded its 16th edition on March 21st with a triumphant close. Over the course of eight days, twenty-seven galleries and six auction houses– Bonhams, Christie’s, Doyle, Freeman’s|Hindman, Heritage, and Sotheby’s– collectively tallied an impressive $125,041,630 in sales. Brendan Lynch, chairman of Asia Week New York, noted an uptick in visitor numbers compared to 2024, with many purchases made by U.S. museums. “There was a resumed presence of private and institutional buyers from East Asia, and continued buoyancy in prices for Indian Contemporary and Modern Art,” he said. Looking ahead, Lynch expressed enthusiasm for resuming year-round coverage of Asian cultural events and planning for the 2026 edition. The week launched ... More
Chris Burden, L.A.P.D. Uniform, 1993.
PARIS.- MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique is presenting L.A.P.D. Uniform by the late Chris Burden (1946 – 2015). The artist explains the process behind the creation of this work: They were done in conjunction with the Fabric Workshop in Philadelphia. Kippy Stroud had asked me to come up with an idea to do something…And they do all kinds of projects with artists. So she approached me and said, you know, “‘I’d like you to do something with fabric. Can you think of a project you could do with fabric?’ An edition piece or something.” I thought, fabric, that’s kind of tough. And it was really close to the riots, the Rodney King riots. And the idea of the police uniform became a big symbol and, you know, a sort of passing fantasy. But if you wanted to be disruptive, what you do is you just have hundreds of police uniforms, or thousands, and really just airdrop them all over South Central LA. Now we’ve got a real problem. Now we have a bunch of disenfranchised p ... More
ROTTERDAM.- Aric Chen, General and Artistic Director of the Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, has announced that he will leave the organization as of 27 June 2025 to take on a new challenge. He will become the Director of the Zaha Hadid Foundation in London. Chen has been with the Nieuwe Instituut for four years. Under Chen’s leadership, significant strategic decisions have been made in recent years, and major steps have been taken in strengthening the national and international profile of the Nieuwe Instituut. Under his leadership, alongside former Managing Director Josien Paulides and current Managing Director Aukje Bolle, the Nieuwe Instituut swiftly recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, with 2023 and 2024 recording the highest visitor numbers since the institute’s founding in 2013. During his tenure, the Nieuwe Instituut became the world’s first Zoöp, an organizational model inclusive of non-human life, and successfully gained recognition with projects such as Het Podium, The Energ ... More
Baby photo. Tilda Swinton + Swinton Archive.
AMSTERDAM.- This autumn, celebrated Scottish performer, artist, and fashion icon Tilda Swinton is developing the exhibition Tilda Swinton – Ongoing exclusively for Eye Filmmuseum. Collaborating with esteemed figures from film and art - whom she considers close friends - she is creating six new works for the show together with Luca Guadagnino, Joanna Hogg, Jim Jarmusch, Olivier Saillard, Tim Walker and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. She also presents work by and with Pedro Almodóvar and the late Derek Jarman. “With the honour of this extraordinary invitation, Eye has given me the opportunity to reflect on the mechanics of my working practice over the past forty years. And to come to rest on the - ever present - bedrock and battery of the close fellowships I found from the very first and continue to rely upon to this day. In focusing attention on profoundly enriching creative relationships in my life, we share the narratives and atmospheres that inspire us: we offer new work, especially commis ... More
Maria Emanuela Bruni. Photo: Flaminia Nobili.
ROME.- “It is with great enthusiasm that I embrace the privilege of presiding over an institution of such significance in the Italian and international cultural landscape”, stated Emanuela Bruni. “I wish to express my deepest gratitude to Minister Alessandro Giuli for his trust. I will strive to repay it with dedication, enhancing MAXXI's role as a centre for cultural and creative innovation and further consolidating its visibility and influence both in Italy and abroad. In synergy with the Museum’s team, we will work to promote research, inclusivity, and experimentation. Those are values that have always distinguished our museum”. Maria Emanuela Bruni has been officially appointed as the new President of the MAXXI Foundation by Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli on Friday, 28 March.
Her appointment follows the invaluable and continuous support she provided during the interim period that began last September, enabling MAXXI’s staff to carry on with the Museum& ... More
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Organic materials and shared vision: New exhibition at Art Institute explores human-nature ties CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago announced En el principio / In the beginning: Juliana Góngora Rojas, Matías Quintero Sepúlveda, Juven Piranga Valencia, and Yinela Piranga Valencia, which will be on view March 29–July 28, 2025. The installation marks the first solo exhibition of Colombian sculptor Juliana Góngora at a major museum in the United States. Working primarily with organic matter—soil, salt, stones, spider threads—Góngora highlights the transformative potential of everyday actions and materials, and the innate ties between human beings and nature. For this exhibition, Góngora has invited fellow artist Matías Quintero Sepúlveda, as well as Juven and Yinela Piranga Valencia, leaders of the Ko’revaju Indigenous community of the Northern Colombian Amazon, to create an installation that honors the ongoing artistic and spiritual dialogue ... More
Rencontres d'Arles 2025: A global celebration of photography unveiled ARLES.- The 56th edition of the Rencontres d'Arles, the world-renowned photography festival, is set to take place from July 7 to October 5, 2025, in Arles, France. This year’s festival promises a vibrant and diverse program, spotlighting Australia and Brazil while honoring both established and emerging photographers. The event, which drew a record 160,000 visitors in 2024, continues to solidify Arles as a global capital of photography. The festival’s 2025 edition, themed "Disobedient Images," will explore photography as a tool for resistance, testimony, and social transformation. Director Christoph Wiesner emphasized the program’s commitment to cultural exchange, drawing inspiration from thinkers like Édouard Glissant and Alban Bensa. Exhibitions will span continents, featuring works from indigenous Australian artists in "On Country: Photography from Australia" and Brazilian ... More
Cornwall's surf culture takes center stage in major new museum exhibition CORNWALL.- SURF! has opened this week at National Maritime Museum Cornwall - a major new exhibition exploring the history and cultural impact of surfing in Cornwall. Celebrating the culture, craft, art and activism of Cornwall’s surf scene, the exhibition documents a century of Cornish waveriding. From the wooden bellyboards of the 1920s made by local coffin makers, to charismatic stand-up surf pioneers of the 1930s and 1940s, through to the birth of the surf industry in the 1960s, iconic longboard artworks in the 2000s, to the para surfing World Champions of today, SURF! provides a unique deep-dive into how Cornwall has evolved into ‘the California of the UK’, becoming a breeding ground for world champion surfers and multiple creative industries, from board-building to wetsuit production, magazine media to filmmaking and fashion. Curated by surf academic ... More
Clyfford Still Museum explores competing desires in the new guest-curated exhibition DENVER, CO.- The Clyfford Still Museum’s (CSM) new guest-curated exhibition, Held Impermanence (Artists Select: Katherine Simóne Reynolds), illuminates multiple competing desires held in constant tension within the Museum. Organized by award-winning filmmaker, artist, and curator Katherine Simóne Reynolds, the exhibition draws deeply on CSM’s collections. According to Reynolds, the collection testifies to Still’s ambitious attempt to keep his entire corpus intact. The commitment to the integrity of that body of work allows viewers to see not only the acclaimed masterpieces but also paintings made in painful transitions and others that bear the scars of time. Artworks change over time; their materials carry the stain of what conservators describe as inherent vice. Viewers see paintings that need to rest and heal, bearing marks that suggest, through their surfaces, ... More
A unique monumental installation by Laure Prouvost opens at Chapelle du Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille MARSEILLE.- In 2025, the Museums of Marseille invite the artist Laure Prouvost. For the chapel of the Centre de la Vieille Charité, the artist designs a unique monumental installation, inspired by the architecture of the place and the voices of its past and present inhabitants. In response, the [mac] Museum of Contemporary Art in Marseille presents “They Parlaient Idéale”, created for the 2019 Venice Biennale, to offer another reflection of Laure Prouvost’s artistic explorations. The Museums of Marseille continue their tradition of inviting internationally renowned contemporary artists to create new works for the chapel of the Centre de la Vieille Charité. This historic site, with its unique architecture, hosts innovative projects each year in dialogue ... More
Michael Schumacher's 2001 Ferrari F2001 will be auctioned in MonteCarlo LONDON.- RM Sotheby’s announced the sale of one of the most significant Formula 1 cars ever to come to market—2001 Ferrari F2001 chassis 211—which is set to go under the hammer at a historic auction in Monte Carlo, just minutes before the qualifying race at the FORMULA 1 TAG HEUER GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2025. An icon of Formula 1, chassis 211 is among the most special and sought-after Grand Prix Ferraris ever made, and it played a vital role in building the legend of one of the most celebrated drivers of all time: Michael Schumacher. On 27 May 2001, Michael Schumacher drove this very chassis to a historic victory, winning the ultimate prize in motorsport—the FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2001. More significantly still, Schumacher would go on to clinch the 2001 Formula 1 Drivers’ and Constructors’ World Championships in this very ... More
Akron Art Museum marks the city's bicentennial with art celebrating local artists and community AKRON, OH.- The Akron Art Museum recognizes Akron’s Bicentennial through exhibitions and events that celebrate the city’s rich artistic legacy. By showcasing works from its collection that highlight connections to Akron and the local community, the Museum offers a deeper look at the region’s creative contributions. Currently on view, A Growing Conversation: Artworks From Our Collection showcases a diverse selection of works from the Museum’s collection. As part of the exhibition, 23 pieces with strong ties to Akron and Summit County are specially highlighted with custom labels that share their local connections. Featured artists include Frank Werner, a painter known for his expressive abstract works; Mark Mothersbaugh, a multifaceted artist and musician best known as a founding member of DEVO, whose visual art explores themes of technology and consumer ... More
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On a day like today, Dutch painter Melchior d'Hondecoeter died
April 03, 1695. Melchior d'Hondecoeter (c. 1636 - 3 April 1695), Dutch animalier painter, was born in Utrecht and died in Amsterdam. After the start of his career, he painted virtually exclusively bird subjects, usually exotic or game, in park-like landscapes. In this image: Still Life with Cock, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.
