LONDON.-ARTNOIR, Sotheby’s, and SR_A announce the inaugural cohort of London grantees for the 2024 Jar of Love Fund & Black British Artist Grants Programme. This marks the next phase of an exciting international collaboration, bringing vital support, mentorship, and career development to artists, designers, curators, and cultural producers of color in the UK. Expanding its impact beyond the U.S., ARTNOIR's Jar of Love Fund has partnered with Sotheby’s and Dr. Samuel Ross MBE’s Black British Artist Grants Programme by SR_A to advance the work of Black British and POC creatives. Together, these organizations aim to foster long-term change and increase visibility for diverse voices across the arts, design, and fashion sectors through talent recognition, resources, and collaborative opportunities. ... More
Artemisia Gentileschi, Mary Magdalen in meditation (estimate: £2,000,000 – 3,000,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.
LONDON.- An incisive storyteller, Artemisia Gentileschi is known for her powerful depictions of women from history, and indeed her images of biblical heroines are among her most compelling creations. Throughout her career she was drawn to paint Mary Magdalen, whose life of sin and repentance offered rich narrative potential. Never-before ... More
Jacques Lipchitz, Pierrot au clarinet.
LONDON.-Alon Zakaim Fine Art will present Carved & Cast: Sculpture Through the Ages – a captivating exhibition that brings together a museum-quality selection of privately owned sculptures, spanning over two millennia. Across two floors, the exhibition aims to highlight the divergent attitudes and approaches towards sculptural practice, and present a compelling survey of how some of the greatest masters of the last two centuries have shaped and redefined the medium. The exhibition features more than fifteen artists, with highlights including a magnificent hand-carved marble statue by Auguste Rodin, widely regarded as “the father of modern sculpture”, and a seminal unique granite by Jacques Lipchitz that was exhibited in the inaugural Guggenheim Museum show in New York. From masterpieces of the ancient worl ... More
Just joins the Gallery from the Princeton University Art Museum
NEW HAVEN, CONN.- The Yale University Art Gallery announced the appointment of Bryan R. Just (B.A. 1995) as the Molly and Walter Bareiss Curator of Ancient Art. Just joins the Gallery from the Princeton University Art Museum, where he was the Peter Jay Sharp, Class of 1952, Curator and Lecturer in the Art of the Ancient Americas, a position he held since 2008. Just assumed his role at the Gallery on October 1. ... More
ATHENS.- Gagosian announces Night for Day, an exhibition of new works by Sarah Crowner. On view at the Athens gallery, the exhibition features new paintings and an immersive, site-specific tile installation. A brilliant yellow hue permeates the gallery’s ground-floor spaces, emanating from a plane of handmade glazed tiles spanning in all directions. Laid in an expansive chevron pattern and set atop a raised wooden platform as if a theatrical stage, Platform (Yellow terra cotta) (2024) is immediately visible from the gallery’s entrance: visitors step onto a bright, earthen surface and into a chromatic environment that replicates the color temperature of the intense Hellenic heat, capturing daylight as one might enter the color field of an abstract painting. In the upstairs rooms, sewn paintings composed of interlocking curvilinear shapes hang in contrast to the hard heat below. Deep ... More
Peter Young, #24-1970, 1970. Acrylic on canvas stretched on ponderosa pine branches with blue and black cotton twine, 21 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.
NEW YORK, NY.- Craig Starr Gallery is presenting Peter Young: “Stick” Paintings, 1970, on view from November 7, 2024, through February 8, 2025. Organized in collaboration with the artist, this exhibition brings together a large selection of Young’s so-called “Stick” paintings, a series of unconventional abstract works he produced in 1970, the year he abandoned his position in the New York artworld. This is the first show dedicated solely to this body of work in over fifty years, since they were originally exhibited in 1971. Painted on canvas stretched around branches of ponderosa pine trees, these brightly colored and sculptural works showcase Young’s openness to play with materials, as well as with the influence of tribal and spiritual art. Throughout the 1960s, Peter Young became a recognized figure in the New York art world. In the span of a few years, his work was presented in the Corcoran Biennial; in two Whitney annuals; in the Nine ... More
Antanas Sutkus (Lithuanian, b. 1939), Pioneer, Ignalina, 1964. Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500.
DALLAS, TX.- Heritage’s November 25 Photographs from the Collection of Eric Franck Auction bears witness to the foresight and instinct of Eric Franck and his ability to pull together and champion an extraordinary collection of the photographs taken by acclaimed photographers he admires, including works by his brother-in-law Henri Cartier-Bresson, as well as Josef Koudelka, Chris Killip and Graham Smith. “For many decades, Eric Franck, brother of celebrated Magnum photographer Martine Franck, has been at the forefront of the fine art photographic community,” says Laura Paterson, Heritage’s Consignment Director of Photographs. “As a highly respected photography dealer, collector and philanthropist, Franck’s connoisseurship and curatorial sensibility have helped shape our understanding of some of the most celebrated photographers of the 20th and 21st centuries.” The 50 photographs on offer from Franck’s collection cover more than a century and act as a primer fo ... More
Alfonso Palacio, new Deputy Director of Conservation and Research at the Museo Nacional del Prado, in the halls of the Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias.
MADRID.- In a meeting this morning, the Prado Museum Board of Trustees, presided over by the Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, announced key updates on the museum's recent activities, including a surge in exhibitions, educational and social programs, and visitor numbers. Minister Urtasun highlighted the importance of prominent institutions like the Prado Museum as vital cultural engines for the nation. The Board ratified the appointment of Alfonso Palacio as the new Deputy Director of Conservation and Research, following a proposal from Director Miguel Falomir Faus. This decision marks the conclusion of a transition that began several months ago, when former Deputy Director Andrés Úbeda announced his intention to step down and pursue the directorship of the Academy of Rome. Alongside Palacio, Marina Chinchilla will serve as Deputy ... More
Teresa Fernández-Pello, Dictum Terminal, 2023. Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Petri Virtanen.
HELSINKI.- The infinity of space and the mystery of our existence on this planet have intrigued artists throughout the ages. The Milky Way Tour invites visitors to explore humanity’s relationship with the environment, other species, and technology. What is our role and future in the universe? The exhibition opens at Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma on 15 November 2024. Milky Way Tour is a deep exploration of humanity’s enduring need to understand our place in the scheme of things. It features works by 22 artists and artist groups that examine our relationship with the universe and our planet. They address fundamental questions of existence through themes that include mysticism, the 1960s obsession with space, dreams of technological progress, as well as the current environmental crisis and biodiversity loss. The exhibition showcases a wide array of paintings, photographs, collages, assemblages, prints, vide ... More
Maria Martinau, Girl (undated). Finnish National Gallery / Ateneum Art Museum. Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Hannu Aaltonen.
HELSINKI.- In 2025, the Ateneum Art Museum will present two temporary exhibitions. From 7 March to 24 August 2025, Crossing Borders will, for the first time, bring together in one exhibition the work of travelling women artists from the 1800s. To be shown from 26 September 2025 to 1 February 2026, Gallen-Kallela, Klimt & Wien will explore how Akseli Gallen-Kallela’s art developed in interaction with international modernists, such as Gustav Klimt and Koloman Moser. Also on show will be the collection exhibition A Question of Time. The Gothic Modern exhibition, currently on display, will run until January 26, 2025. To get a better education, artists in the 1800s had to travel abroad, to cities such as Düsseldorf, Dresden, Munich, and Berlin in Germany. Women were only allowed to study as private students of male artists or in art schools men had established for women. ... More
PARIS.- On December 12, Christie’s will celebrate a major figure of the Paris art scene with the auction Vivre la couleur: hommage à Jean Fournier. This event will reflect on the profound legacy of a man who significantly impacted the history of painting. Jean Fournier dedicated his life to advocating for modernity and maintained a gallery that showcased some of the greatest artists of his time. After nearly 70 years, his gallery closed its doors this year. The auction at Christie’s features 35 works, focusing particularly on artists from the 1950s to the 1970s whom Fournier passionately supported, including Simon Hantaï, Sam Francis, Shirley Jaffe, Joan Mitchell, Jean Paul Riopelle, James Bishop, and Claude Viallat. In 1963, he opened his gallery on Rue du Bac in Paris, having previously started in a bookshop-gallery on Avenue Kléber. This new space quickly became a haven for artists and a meeting point for creative minds. ... More
Frank Romero, Caja de sombra - Dos Palmas, 2024. Signed on the reverse. Acrylic on wood, 21 x 13 x 9 in. 53.3 x 33 x 22.9 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- Ruiz-Healy Art is presenting De aquí y de allá: Frank Romero, A Survey, a concurrent solo exhibition of works by Los Angeles-based artist Frank Romero, curated by Rafael Barrientos Martínez at the New York City and San Antonio galleries. A pioneer of the Chicana/o art movement, Frank Romero (b. 1941, Los Angeles) is counted among the earliest and most influential of its participants. Romero’s visual explorations of Chicanismo are cornerstones of this period in art history that arose from El Movimiento. This social and political civil rights movement began in the early 1970s. Pulling together a diverse cast of signs and symbols to invent a visual language reflective of the multiculturalism that is at the core of the community, Romero drew from both his immediate surroundings of Los Angeles as well as iconographies related to the American Southwest, from where he traces part of his ancestry. From palm ... More
San Gabriel Mission circa by Ferdinand Deppe 1832.
LAS VEGAS, NEV.- The Nevada State Museum at Las Vegas is opening a new exhibit on the Old Spanish Trail, the approximately 700-mile network of trails that linked the Los Angeles area with the land that would become Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado through areas of high mountains, arid deserts, and deep canyons. Thirty-five years before Nevada became a state, Mexican merchant Antonio Armijo led a caravan of 60 men and 100 mules to blaze a trail across Nevada. The Valley was named Las Vegas, “the meadows,” after its spring-watered grasses that would later put Las Vegas on the map. The Nevada State Museum sits on the property of the Las Vegas Springs Preserve. This is a key location of the trail, as it was frequently used by travelers as a place to rest and refuel with the water from the natural springs. Called "the longest, crookedest, most arduous pack mule train in the history of America" by Colorado historian Leroy R. Hafen, the Old Spanish Trail is both one of the nation’ ... More
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Thomas Cole National Historic Site announces leadership succession CATSKILL, NY.- Lisa Fox Martin, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Thomas Cole National Historic Site, announced today the first staff leadership change in 21 years. Elizabeth B. Jacks (known as Betsy), who became Executive Director in December of 2003, will step down at the end of 2024 to devote more time to furthering her accomplishments as an artist and writer. She will become Executive Director Emerita and a consultant to the Thomas Cole Site. Succeeding Betsy Jacks as Executive Director will be the Thomas Cole Site’s current Deputy Director, Maura O’Shea. She will become Executive Director on January 1, 2025. "The Thomas Cole National Historic Site has been dramatically transformed during Betsy Jacks’s long tenure. When she arrived, there was one building, the 1815 Main House, restored and opened by volunteers. ... More
Diamond-studded Hermès handbags dazzle in Heritage's December 5 Luxury Accessories Auction DALLAS, TX.- In the Exceptional Collection by Hermès, where luxury handbags meet fine jewelry, diamonds are a bag’s best friend. And in Heritage Auctions’ Dec. 5 Luxury Accessories Signature® Auction, several diamond-studded stunners from the highly coveted collection will become some discerning collectors’ new best friends. Among the bejeweled creations is an Hermès Exceptional Collection 25cm Matte White Himalaya Niloticus Crocodile Birkin with 18k white gold hardware delicately set with 4.05 carats of brilliant diamonds. “The Hermès Diamond Himalaya Birkin is a true masterpiece and the epitome of luxury,” says Diane D’Amato, Heritage’s Director of Luxury Accessories, Private Sales & The Boutique. “It’s not just a bag, but a dazzling work of art.” Crafted from Niloticus Crocodile, a rare and exquisite material, the hand- ... More
Nieuwe Instituut appoints Sofie De Caigny as Head of Collection ROTTERDAM.- Sofie De Caigny will become head of collections at Nieuwe Instituut on 1 February 2025. In this role, she is responsible for leading and managing the Collection Department and its acquisitions, innovative research and archiving initiatives, and plans to make the collection more accessible, visible, and linkable to contemporary issues and practices. She will also oversee the 1933 Sonneveld House, a leading example of Dutch functionalist architecture, and play a leading role in advancing Nieuwe Instituut’s positioning within local, national, and international heritage and heritage policy networks. Sofie De Caigny is looking forward with great enthusiasm to taking care of the collection and the Sonneveld House. She sees a lot of opportunities and challenges for the special collection, which is also highly appreciated internationally. ... More
Outernet and Tate premiere new work by trailblazing artist Samia Halaby with sound by Four Tet LONDON.- In celebration of the opening of Tate Modern’s major new exhibition, Electric Dreams: Art and Technology Before the Internet later this month, a new collaboration between Outernet London and Tate will bring the colourful abstract art of Palestinian-American artist Samia Halaby to the heart of the city. Recognised as one of the early innovators of digital art in the 1980s, Halaby – whose work is included in Electric Dreams – is known for creating dynamic geometric paintings that explore the relationship between art and technology. Specially commissioned for Outernet’s floor-to-ceiling wrap around screens, two brand new works by Halaby will be brought to life for the first time alongside the experimental and rhythmic sounds of celebrated electronic musician, Four Tet. Together they offer visitors an immersive and sensory environment full ... More
Green Art Gallery opens 'Chaouki Choukini: Citadelles of Today' DUBAI.- At the very least, one can say that Chaouki Choukini’s sculptures are complex objects, often described as sets of hybrid organic/mechanic, abstract/figurative, linear/non-linear shapes and volumes. They grab the attention of the viewer by making manifest multiple scales of surface in a kind of endless convergence of polarities—an open-ended experience, without a clear start or finish. Since the 1970s, rather than simply erecting a sculpture, Choukini has been mastering this way of displaying his plateau—a visual and conceptual horizon of accurately studied shapes and symbols—with a vibrant visual language that never feels outdated, expressing visual expansion, agility, and unrest. As a true engineer of wood, Choukini manipulates his material into sensuality and circularity, bridging the gap between order (softness) ... More
Library of Congress acquires papers of Academy Award-winning songwriter Burt Bacharach WASHINGTON, DC.- The Library of Congress has acquired the papers of songwriter and composer Burt Bacharach. Bacharach’s songs are best known for influencing popular music starting in the late 1950s. This is the first collection acquired from a recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Songwriting duo Burt Bacharach and Hal David received the Gershwin Prize in 2012. Bacharach was best known for his songwriting scores for various films and popular artists such as "Alfie," "Arthur's Theme," "Close To You," "Do You Know the Way to San Jose," "I Say a Little Prayer," "I'll Never Fall in Love Again," "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," "This Guy's in Love with You" and "What the World Needs Now is Love" to name a few. His work is recognized with three Academy Awards and eight Grammy Awards, including the 2008 Grammy ... More
The Petit Palais opens the first French retrospective ever devoted to Jusepe de Ribera PARIS.- The Petit Palais is presenting the first French retrospective ever devoted to Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652), the terrible heir to Caravaggio, whom his contemporaries considered ‘darker and more ferocious’ than the great Italian master. Of Spanish origin, he spent his entire career in Italy, first in Rome and then in Naples. For Ribera, every painting - be it of a beggar, a philosopher or a Pietà - stems from reality, which he transposes into his own language. The gestures are theatrical, the colours black or flamboyant, the realism crude and the chiaroscuro dramatic. With the same acuity, he translates the dignity of everyday life as well as shocking scenes of torture. This extreme tenebrism earned him an immense reputation in the 19th century, from Baudelaire to Manet. With over a hundred paintings, drawings and prints ... More
A Renaissance treasure at auction: Two enameled plaques by Leonardo Limosin rediscovered PARIS.- On December 19, auction house Gros & Delettrez will host a prestigious sale at Hôtel Drouot in Paris, entitled «Cabinet des Merveilles.» Featuring a selection of around thirty lots, this sale spotlights rare paintings and artworks spanning from ancient Egypt to the 18th century. Among the highlight pieces are two large enamel portraits by Léonard Limosin, a master enameller of the Renaissance, studied by Thierry Bernard-Tambour. Created circa 1564, and very likely commissioned by Catherine de’ Medici before becoming part of the Ro- thschild collection, these pieces belong to a series of 32 plaques, only 17 of which have survived—15 of them now in public collections. These two plaques are the last known pieces of the series still held in private hands. This exceptional sale confirms Gros & Delettrez’s commitment to offering ... More
Noémie Goudal Interview | Nominated for the Marcel Duchamp Prize 2024
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On a day like today, American painter Georgia O'Keeffe was born
November 15, 1887. Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887 - March 6, 1986) was an American artist. Born near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, O'Keeffe first came to the attention of the New York art community in 1916, several decades before women had gained access to art training in America’s colleges and universities. In this image: Jennifer Shapira views three of Georgia O'Keeffe's works, from left, "No. 7 Special, 1915," "Second, Out of My Head, 1915," and "No. 2-Special, 1915" on display at Washington's National Gallery of Art during a press preview of the "O'Keeffe on Paper" exhibit Friday, April 7, 2000.
