Replica of a late 18th Century-style Pier Mirror (2024-2025) Walnut, basswood, and parcel-gilt Eli Wilner & Company for Drayton Hall Preservation Trust, Drayton Hall Museum Collection.
NEW YORK, NY.- With assistance from their partial funding program for museums, Eli Wilner & Company recently completed the creation of a late 18th century style pier mirror for Drayton Hall Preservation Trust. March has been another successful month for Eli Wilner & Company’s frame funding initiative, with $125,000 in partial grants having been distributed to date. Nearly $50,000 in funding is still available. Exciting new projects are being submitted on a daily basis by museums across the country. Remaining funds will be committed to new projects by April 30, 2025, and can be used for frame restoration, historic frame replication, or mirror replication projects. Interested institutions can apply by emailing the details of their reframing or frame restoration needs to info@eliwilner.com. No project is too large. The elaborate hand-carved and parcel-gilt pier mirror for Drayton Hall was unveiled and featured prominently at the 2025 Charlesto ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art announced today that after an intensive six-month international search, its Board affirmed a unanimous decision to appoint Christophe Cherix in September 2025 as the next David Rockefeller Director, to succeed Glenn D. Lowry. In sharing the Board’s decision, Chair Marie-Josée Kravis said, “Christophe’s brilliant curatorial leadership in modern and contemporary art, deep insight and passion for MoMA’s collection, and reputation for steady stewardship stood out as indispensable qualities to meet the moment as the Museum’s next director. We are thrilled that after a rigorous global search, the Trustees voted unanimously to appoint Christophe, and that he accepted the appointment.” Board President Sarah Arison added, “Christophe’s excellence in scholarship, strong relationships with artists, and internationally respected research and publications distinguished him in an international pool of impressive candidates. We look for ... More
Wedgwood vase marked Fairyland Lustre #Z4968 in the Dragon King pattern, designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones, with exceptional cobalt blue ground and gold stencil highlights ($87,500).
DOUGLASS, KAN.- Two Wedgwood vases marked Fairyland Lustre, one in the King Dragon pattern and the other in the Ghostly Woods pattern, brought a combined $130,500 at an Antique Auction held March 22nd by Woody Auction, online (at LiveAuctioneers.com) and live in the Douglass, Kansas auction hall. In all, 366 highly collectible lots crossed the auction block. The event showcased the outstanding collections of Eleanor Eulau of California; Maurine and the late Al Edmond of Iowa; and Paul Pellett. "The results can be surprising, but not unexpected, when talking about the quality and variety that was offered in this particular auction,” said Jason Woody of Woody Auction, who added, “The large online participation of over one thousand registered bidders was a good indication that just the right combination of items had been brought together for an unreserved auction." The catalog was packed with wonderful examples ... More
Two-piece bronze garden fountain from a New Orleans Garden District home, with life-size Grecian ladies standing at the base, 11 feet 2 inches tall and 52 inches in diameter (estimate: $15,000-$25,000).
ABERDEEN, MISS.- The entire contents of the stately mansion home in Aberdeen known as Lauri Mundi will be sold at auction on Saturday, April 12th, beginning at 10am Central time, by Stevens Auction Company, based in Aberdeen. The sale will be conducted on-site, on the grounds of Lauri Mundi, located at 309 South Matubba Street. The home itself is also for sale. “Jim and Debby Lamping have gathered a massive collection of fine items over the past 25 years, from all over the Eastern half of the United States,” said Dwight Stevens, the owner of Stevens Auction Company. He added, “Now, due to ill health, the couple has decided to sell it all.” The mansion sits hidden in the middle of Aberdeen, on 23 acres of manicured grounds. The items in Lauri Mundi that are due to be sold are as impressive as the mansion home itself, starting with a spectacular rosewood three-quarter rococo plantation bed by Mallard with original mosquito ... More
Cast after Michelangelo Buonarroti, Head of David. Original c. 1501-04, cast 1890. Photo from the Royal Cast Collection, SMK – National Gallery of Denmark.
COPENHAGEN.- He painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, designed the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, and his sculptures are known worldwide. From 29 March, SMK will present the most comprehensive display of Michelangelo Buonarroti’s sculptural work seen in 150 years. If one were to point to a single artist who has contributed fundamentally to the modern perception of art as self-expression in Western culture, it would be the Italian artist Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564). His iconic statue David shows us why. Viewed from the left, the almost five-metre-tall figure is a classically idealised, alert young man ready for battle – but when seen from the other side he changes expression, revealing doubt and hesitation. Michelangelo insisted on reflecting the often conflicted and contradictory inner lives of his figures. He was not the first to do so, but he did it with such consistency ... More
Norbert Prangenberg, Figur, 2003, majolika, h: 35 cm, ø 40 cm | h: 13 3/4 in, ø 15 3/4 in.
ST. MORITZ.- Galerie Karsten Greve St. Moritz presents its first exhibition dedicated to Norbert Prangenberg (1949–2012) at this location, featuring a selection of significant works from various stages of his career. Prangenberg gained international recognition in 1982 as a participant in documenta 7 in Kassel. His diverse oeuvre encompasses painting, drawing, and sculpture, reflecting his profound and evolving exploration of material, form, and color. Since the early 1980s, he devoted himself intensively to ceramics, developing a distinctive formal language that established him as one of the leading figures in contemporary German art. His works, characterized by a sensitive balance between spontaneous gesture and compositional rigor, captivate with their tactile quality and expressive intensity. The exhibition places a particular focus on Prangenberg’s sculptures and paintings, which stand out for their dynamic materiality and ... More
Tony Cragg — Sculptures.
BERLIN.- On April 1, 2025, Buchmann Galerie celebrates its 30th anniversary. Founded in Cologne in 1995, the gallery has been located in Berlin with two adjacent exhibition spaces since 2005. Representing a roster acclaimed established artists with a focus on painting, sculpture, drawing and photography creates the context for the gallery program. Works by the gallery artists are featured in prestigious collections worldwide, such as the MoMA New York, the Centre Pompidou Paris, the Tate London, the Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, the Istanbul Modern Museum or the M+ Hong Kong. Many of the artists have been represented by the gallery from an early stage in their careers. Several of the gallery’s artists have been recognized with prestigious international art prizes; such as, the Turner Prize and the Praemium Imperiale, which has been awarded to three of the gallery’s artists. Working closely with museums and public institutions, the gallery has placed works with, for ... More
Mark Adams, 07.10.1978. Triangle Road, Massey. Tamaki Makaurau Auckland. Tattooing Tom Ah Fook. Tufuga tatatau: Su'a Sulu'ape Paulo II. Solo: Arona and Leo Maselino, 1978. C-type print. Collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, gift of the artist, 2021.
AUCKLAND.- A major retrospective exhibition of New Zealand photographer Mark Adams (born 1949, Ōtautahi Christchurch) will be presented at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki this month. Opening 29 March 2025, Mark Adams: A Survey | He Kohinga Whakaahua offers the first comprehensive survey of Adams’ work, showcasing more than 65 works spanning his 50-year career. Tātaki Auckland Unlimited, Director of Auckland Art Gallery Kirsten Lacy, says the exhibition and its accompanying book have been years in the making. “The exhibition celebrates a lifetime spent exploring Aotearoa’s land, peoples, and histories. Adams has a distinctive approach to image-making and we are honoured to present this survey at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. It also represents a significant opportunity for the Gallery to further its commitment to showcasing ... More
LAUSANNE.- American photographer Tyler Mitchell is driven by dreams of paradise against the backdrop of history. Since his rise to prominence in the world of fashion, Mitchell has propelled a visual narrative of beauty, style, utopia, and the landscape that expands visions of Black life. Photo Elysée presents Mitchell’s first solo exhibition in Switzerland, offering new perspectives on his long- standing themes of self determination and the extraordinary radiance of the everyday, and showing how portraiture can be rooted in the past while evoking imagined futures. In Lives/Liberties, Mitchell’s early influences and immersion in skateboarding culture are reflected in images that pursue a dream of leisure, community, and self expression amid societal unrest, including an early video, Wish This Was Real (2015), a startling and atmospheric reflection on innocence and political turmoil in contemporary America. In Postcolonial/Pastoral, reveries of paradise are underscored by ... More
Suzanne Treister, Kabbalistic Futurism/Architectures/Museum of Green Rainbow Machine Intelligence, 2022. Oil on canvas, 122 x 91.5 cm 48 x 36 in.
LONDON.- Annely Juda Fine Art is presenting an exhibition of work by Suzanne Treister. In advance of a major solo show at Modern Art Oxford, UK in Autumn 2025, this exhibition brings together a new series of works, Hexen 5.0, with a curated selection of her visionary Museum paintings. It is on view in the fourth-floor galleries from 20 March - 3 May 2025. HEXEN 5.0 is a collection of tarot cards, diagrams and AI-prompted works that reimagine the visual language of alchemical drawings of the 13th - 18th centuries. Building on her earlier series - HEXEN 2.0 (2009-2011) - which critically analysed government programmes of mass control, HEXEN 5.0 addresses the climate emergency and looks at fields which may lead to better solutions for returning the planet towards a self-regulating system. Initially recognized as a painter in the 1980s, Suzanne Treister became a pioneer in the digital and new media art landscape. Making work about emerging technologies, developing ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced its spring Photographs sale, showcasing works that span the full history of the medium. The auction will be held online, with bidding open from April 3 to 17, and the collection will be on view at Christie’s Rockefeller Center galleries from April 10 to 16. Featuring a range of works from the late 19th century to the present, the sale includes highlights by Man Ray, Ansel Adams, Irving Penn, Robert Mapplethorpe, Nan Goldin, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Richard Misrach, Wolfgang Tillmans, Alison Rossiter, Lynn Davis, and many more. Leading the sale is a rare, oversized 1924 portrait of Vladimir Mayakovsky by Alexander Rodchenko (estimate $120,000–180,000). Other top lots include Nick Brandt’s Elephant Drinking, Amboseli, 2007 (estimate: $80,000–120,000); Alfred Stieglitz’s The Hand of Man, 1902 (estimate: $70,000–90,000); and five mural-sized prints from Richard Avedon’s In the American West series, each offered separately. Additional hi ... More
BERLIN.- With his exhibition Mineriada, artist Anton Roland Laub embarks on a journey into the past and delves into transgenerational trauma in Romanian society following the end of the Ceaușescu regime. He examines the violent unrest in 1990, during which thousands of enraged miners loyal to the regime were brought from the Jiu Valley to Bucharest in order to strike down pro-European protests. Despite a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in 2014, the fatal attacks remain legally unresolved – a repressed past which Laub evokes in his photographs. In the Romanian press, the so-called mineriads were compared to the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack in 2021. With his work, the artist points attention to recurring conflicts in a polarized world. The exhibition’s title, Mineriada, is a sarcastic term that combines the Romanian word “miner” (miner) with the suffix “-iada,” as in “olimpiada.” In a retrospective from Strasbourg, via Bucharest to Petro& ... More
HONG KONG.- Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Sabado por la Noche (Saturday Night) sold for HK$112,625,000 / US$14,544,212 at Christie’s 20th/21st Century Evening Sale at The Henderson on 28 March during Hong Kong Art Week. The most valuable work presented at auction in Asia this Spring, the result underscores the sustained demand from the Asian market for blue-chip Western masterpieces. Ada Tsui, Head of Evening Sale, 20th/21st Century Art, Christie’s Asia Pacific commented: "It was an honour to present this extraordinary masterpiece. When works of this quality come to the market, Asian collectors continue to respond. Sabado por la Noche (Saturday Night) joins Christie’s unparalleled track record of Basquiat sales in Hong Kong and we are now proudly behind 7 of top 10 Basquiat works auctioned in ... More
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The Onzea-Govaerts Collection - curated by Axel Vervoordt totals $10.8m PARIS.- Christie’s presented the sale of The Onzea-Govaerts Collection curated by Axel Vervoordt. This collection of objects and works of art was as exceptional as it was varied, having been assembled from the 1970s onwards by Joris Onzea and Suzanne Govaerts, attracted numerous collectors, including 21% new buyers, and achieved a total of €10M | $10.8M, surpassing the high estimate. A remarkable set of paintings and works on paper by Rik Wouters, combining a total of €4.2M. A portrait of his wife and muse Nel, Reflets, painted in 1912 from the Collection Lambert was acquired for €2,460,000 (pre-sale estimate: €650,000 – €850,000), establishing the new world record for the artist. The Onzea-Govaerts collection is deeply marked by the meeting of cultures and eras influenced by the encounter of cultures and eras under the keen eye of interior ... More
Pieter Laurens Mol's "Timoria Time" opens at Parrotta Contemporary Art exploring war's enduring presence COLOGNE.- Parrotta Contemporary Art opened its doors today to present "Timoria Time," an exhibition of new works by the acclaimed artist Pieter Laurens Mol. The exhibition, which runs until May 16th, 2025, takes its title from Mol's 1999 piece, "Timoria (The Third Moon of Mars)," and delves into the complex and enduring relationship between humanity and conflict. At the heart of the exhibition lies Mol's continued exploration of the themes surrounding Mars, the Roman god of war. Historically, Mars was also associated with agriculture and the cycles of vegetation, a duality that informs the artist's perspective. The planet, which lends its name to the month of March and is linked to the metal iron, serves as a central point of inquiry into how a substance essential for both creation (tools) and destruction (weapons) reflects humanity's ambivalent relationship with war. ... More
Osvaldo González's solo show in Paris creates inner landscapes of light and shadow PARIS.- Galleria Continua is presenting Descendencia (Descendance), the new solo exhibition by Cuban visual artist Osvaldo González, in its Paris space in the heart of the Marais. This exhibition offers a poetic exploration of time, memory, and inheritance, constructing a cartography of the artist’s most intimate universe. “Osvaldo González elevates the use of adhesive tape to its highest artistic expression, transforming an ordinary material into a plastic medium that challenges the viewer’s perception. Through meticulously layered tape compositions and the interplay of light, the artist creates spaces that evoke inner landscapes - where architecture is not merely a frame for the scene, but a subject in itself. His works capture fleeting moments, frozen images, transitory instants: “ a reminiscence suspended in light.” After several years devoted to painting ... More
Merikokeb Berhanu now co-represented by James Cohan, Addis Fine Art, and Esther Schipper NEW YORK, NY.- James Cohan announced the representation of Ethiopian artist Merikokeb Berhanu in partnership with Addis Fine Art and Esther Schipper. This collaboration aims to further elevate Berhanu’s international presence and introduce her compelling body of work to a broader audience. Merikokeb Berhanu’s paintings deftly balance abstraction and recognisable form, featuring dense backgrounds intertwined with recurring organic elements such as cellular structures, budding plantlife, and stylised anthropomorphic shapes. These compositions explore the complexities and contradictions of contemporary life, drawing inspiration from both urban and rural landscapes while delving into themes of rapid urbanization and the tension between nature and technology. The artist’s recent works incorporate symbols like circuit boards and skeletal figures, reflecting on society’s ... More
Exhibition celebrates technical mastery and emotional depth of bronze sculpture PERTH.- The Art Gallery of Western Australia presents a captivating new exhibition that explores the evolution of Modernist bronze sculpture, tracing its journey from the mid-to-late nineteenth century to the mid-to-late twentieth century. Cast in bronze draws on significant bronze works from The State Art Collection and offers a fascinating glimpse into the development of sculptural practice during a period of profound transformation in the art world. Featuring iconic works from renowned artists like Auguste Rodin, Marino Marini and their contemporaries, the collection highlights the technical mastery and emotional depth of figurative sculpture, showcasing the enduring influence of these groundbreaking artists on the trajectory of Modern art. Through this exhibition, visitors will experience the power and beauty of the human form as captured in bronze, alongside ... More
Apóstolos Georgíou's first solo exhibition at Michel Rein opens in Paris PARIS.- Michel Rein opened the first solo exhibition of Apóstolos Georgíou at the gallery in Paris. Following an initial presence at our booth at Art Basel, Paris 2024, we are presenting a selection of recent works by this major figure in the contemporary art scene. Apóstolos Georgíou’s paintings, often large-scale, are characterized by depictions of men and women sketched with broad brushstrokes. His geometric compositions structure the pictorial space with architectural precision, creating scenes that explore the human condition and our relationships with one another. Apóstolos Georgíou offers a unique perspective on human interactions. Without seeking realism, his paintings depict anonymous figures in enigmatic situations, often absurd or existential. His paintings and drawings are marked by pastel tones, refined forms, and characters often appearing ... More
"8 Projects - From Landscape to Interior" showcases international photography focused on objective observation DUSSELDORF.- The exhibition "8 Projects – From Landscape to Interior" is the result of a collaboration between the DFI e. V. and Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, as well as a long-standing exchange with Brussels-based curator and editor Jean-Paul Deridder, who founded Imagebeeld Edition in 2022. Since then, he has continuously published portfolios of renowned international artists under this label, who pursue an objective photographic approach as well as a preference for documentary photography. This is expressed, on the one hand, through an intensive examination of often unnoticed yet significant themes, as well as through the analogue processing of the images, which are predominantly ... More
Fashion and Textile Museum celebrates humanity's deep connection to textiles in new exhibition LONDON.- The Fashion and Textile Museum presents Textiles: The Art of Mankind a celebration of the ancient and deep entanglement between textiles, people and our world. The exhibition brings together a vibrant collection of beautiful and unexpected objects from around the world that tell stories, communicate human individuality, celebrate our relationship with animals and express symbolic thought through pattern. With many works drawn from the Jo Ann C. Stabb Design Collection, from the University of California Davis, this is a unique opportunity to see a stunning range of items never before exhibited in the UK. Beginning with an exploration of the importance of textiles to our society and the materials and techniques used in their creation, the main galleries go on to show how textiles communicate individuality and how across time and geography textiles ... More
Malta Biennale presents theme for 2026 edition: CLEAN / CLEAR / CUT VALLETTA.- CLEAN / CLEAR / CUT (TNADDAF / TGHARRAF / TFERRAQ) the second edition of the Malta Biennale will launch in March 2026, with acclaimed international curator, Rosa Martínez as Artistic Director. The conceptual framework of the second edition of the Malta Biennale was announced during a press conference at the National Museum of Archaeology in Valletta, on March 26, 2025, marking the official countdown to next year’s already anticipated international exhibition. During the conference, three open calls were launched, inviting local and international artists to submit proposals for projects and exhibitions; for embassies to organise national and / or thematic pavilions, and lastly, for satellite events – a new component of the Biennale. The Malta Biennale is organised by Heritage Malta. Mario Cutajar, Chairman of Heritage Malta, and President ... More
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On a day like today, French painter Georges Seurat died
March 29, 1891. Georges-Pierre Seurat (December 1859 - 29 March 1891) was a French post-Impressionist painter and draftsman. He is noted for his innovative use of drawing media and for devising the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism. In this image: Georges Seurat (French, Paris 1859-1891 Paris), Pierrot and Colombine Ca. 1886-88. Conté crayon on paper, 9 3/4 x 12 3/8 in. (24.8 x 31.2 cm). Kasama Nichido Museum of Art.
