A person looks at Francis Bacon's Three Studies for a Self Portrait which has never before been seen in public. Photo: EFE / Andy Rain.
LONDON.- Christie’s announce two exceptional highlights to be offered at the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 30 June 2008 in London; Naked Portrait with Reflection by Lucian Freud (b.1922), one of the most important works by the artist to be offered at auction (estimate: £10 million to £15 million) and Three Studies for a Self Portrait by Francis Bacon (1909-1992), which has never before been seen in public. ... More
Barbara Hepworth Museum Garden, St Ives
Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE (January 10, 1903 – May 20, 1975, christened Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth) was a major British sculptor and artist of the twentieth century. She was a contemporary and friend of Henry Moore. Hepworth was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, attended Wakefield Girls High School, and studied at the Leeds School of Art (where she met Moore) and the Royal College of Art. She later studied for a period in Italy.
Barbara Hepworth is one of the most significant sculptors and artists of the 20th century. Her work exemplifies Modernism and along with her contemporaries in England such as Ivon Hitchens, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Naum Gabo and others she helped to develop modern art (sculpture in particular) immeasurably. One of her most prestigious works is Single Form, in memory of Dag Hammarskjöld, at the United Nations building in New York City.
Hepworth's first marriage was to the sculptor John Skeaping. Her second marriage was to the painter Ben Nicholson. They married in 1938 and divorced in 1951. She was made a Dame in 1965, ten years before her death during a fire in her St Ives studio in Cornwall, aged seventy-two. The studio and her home now form the Barbara Hepworth Museum. The Tate Gallery owns many of her works.
Quote Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing. Camille Pissarro
Trinity. Illuminated by the Master of Claude de France Prayer Book of Queen Claude de France; France, Tours, ca. 1517 The Morgan Library & Museum; MS M.1166 (fol. 24v) Gift of Mrs. Alexandre P. Rosenberg, in memory of her husband Alexandre Paul Rosenberg. Photography by Schecter Lee.
NEW YORK.- The Morgan Library & Museum will put on special exhibition beginning May 20 an extremely rare Renaissance illuminated manuscript, the Prayer Book of Queen Claude de France (1499–1524), created around the time of her coronation in 1517. It is the most important single illuminated manuscript acquired by the Morgan in the last twenty-five years and will go on view in the East Room of the historic McKim building. ... More
Thomas Eakins, Rear Admiral Charles Dwight Sigsbee. Est. $700/900,000. Property from the Estate of J. Welles Henderson.
NEW YORK.- Sotheby’s spring sale of American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture includes works by prominent American artists from the 19th and early 20th centuries, many of which come from distinguished Estates. The 215 works are estimated to sell for $52,615,000/77,205,000 and will be exhibited on the 10th floor galleries at Sotheby’s New York from until May 21. The sale will take place at ... More
CAMBRIDGE.- This exhibition presents Renzo Piano Building Workshop’s schematic design for the long-awaited renovation of the Harvard University Art Museums’ facilities at 32 Quincy Street. Renzo Piano, a recipient of the Pritzker Prize and the American Institute of Architects’ 2008 Gold Medal, has been charged with designing a home for the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, and Sackler museums under one roof. ... More
A respected art publication cited sources saying Roman Abramovich bought Francis Bacon's Triptych, 1976.
NEW YORK.- Several reports say that Roman Abramovich is the mysterious buyer of “Triptych” which was bought for $86.3 million and the 1995 Lucian Freud painting “Benefits Supervisor Sleeping” for $33.6 million last week at Christie's and Sotheby’s in New York. ... More
Negro Baseball (1945), a digest of league records and articles, featured on the cover Washington Grays pitcher Ernest “Spoon” Carter throwing a baseball and, as a WWII soldier, a grenade. Photo: Art Carter Papers, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University.
WASHINGTON.- From the mid-19th century, baseball was played on sandlots, public parks and white-owned ball fields across the District of Columbia. But the most popular teams, accomplished players and thrilling games, whether professional or amateur, neighborhood or citywide, came out of the black community. ... More
On Kawara, Went, 1968–1979. Binders, ink on printed paper, and plastic sleeves. Each binder: 11 3/4 x 11 5/8 x 3 inches (29.9 x 29.5 x 7.6 cm) Collection of the artist. Courtesy of the artist and David Zwirner, New York
DALLAS.- On Kawara: 10 Tableaux and 16,952 Pages, the first U.S. museum exhibition in 15 years of internationally renowned artist On Kawara’s work— and one of the largest major presentations of his work anywhere—is on view in the Dallas Museum of Art’s Barrel Vault and Hanley, Lamont, Rachofsky and Stoffel Quadrant Galleries. ... More
A rare surviving fragment of a Savonnerie carpet ordered by Louis XIV to furnish the Grande Galerie du Bord de l’Eau at the Louvre (estimate: £30,000-£50,000). Photo: Courtesy of Christie's.
LONDON.- Niall Hobhouse’s collection represents 30 years of collecting and is best described as an interwoven assemblage of interests that co-exist harmoniously. Contrasts and juxtapositions of Western and Oriental art unite the wonderful myriad of collections within the greater collection and make the sale so exciting. The range is diverse and displays Niall Hobhouse’s distinctive taste for ... More
John Haberle, Twenty Dollar Bill, 1890. Oil on canvas. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Museum of Fine Arts , Springfield , MA . Gift of Charles T. and Emilie Shean.
KATONAH.- The Katonah Museum of Art presents Here's the Thing: The Single Object Still Life, an exhibition that celebrates single objects, their close-up beauty, mystery, and the one-on-one relationship, even the psychological involvement, that each artist reveals in depicting such solitary items. “Every Eye sees differently,” wrote William Blake, “As the Eye – such the Object.” Curated by ... More
Jerry Uelsmann, Contrary to Reason. Photo: Courtesy Cleveland Institute of Art.
CLEVELAND.- The Cleveland Institute of Art hosts an exhibition of photographic collages and montages this summer titled "Just Suppose: The Images of Jerry Uelsmann & Maggie Taylor," in the Reinberger Galleries, located in the Institute's Gund Building, 11141 East Boulevard. ... More
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The Enchanted Moment at The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art GATESHEAD.- BALTIC contributes significantly to The Enchanted Moment - a cluster of contemporary art exhibitions organised by VAF – Visual Arts Forum, North East. BALTIC has commissioned new work by three artists from the North East - Karen Davies, Natalie Frost and Catherine Bertola who have transformed the level 5 viewing box with site-specific work. ... More
Angelica Liddell Returns to La Casa Encendida to Present Three Actions Titled Disobedience: Three Confessions MADRID.- Incompatible Wounds with Life has its origins on one decision: I don’t want to have children. My body turns into a threat on society. My body turns into a protest. For a period of one year I confronted a family picture from my childhood, I confronted billboards, beggars, supermarkets and my daily life. I did it to degrade it. ... More
Fantastic Realism Set to Open at The Belvedere in Vienna VIENNA.- Forty years after the international breakthrough of Fantastic Realism, the Belvedere is showing a focused retrospective on one of the most successful “export brands” of Austrian art. It will not only present the major works of the five great masters – Arik Brauer, Ernst Fuchs, Rudolf Hausner, Wolfgang Hutter and Anton Lehmden – but, for the first time, the early history and context of this special movement of late Modern Art. ... More
The New Jersey State Museum: The Main Building is Back with a Breathtaking New Exhibit TRENTON.- The Main Building of the New Jersey State Museum (State Museum) reopens today after completing important environmental upgrades and renovations to enhance exhibitions and collection preservation capabilities. A series of exhibitions, special events and programs showcasing entirely new experiences, as well as the Museum’s four distinct collection areas – Archaeology ... More
Bonnie J. Sacerdote Elected Trustee at Metropolitan Museum NEW YORK.- Bonnie J. Sacerdote has been elected to the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was announced by James R. Houghton, the Museum's Chairman. The election took place at the May 13 meeting of the Board. ... More
Extensive Stars and Stripes Exhibition on View This Fall at Nevada Museum of Art NEW YORK.- The Nevada Museum of Art (NMA) will examine the design of the American flag in the upcoming exhibition Long May She Wave: A Graphic History of the American Flag. From Civil War-era flags and Native American moccasins to political campaign buttons and original artworks, Long May She Wave: A Graphic History of the American Flag assembles nearly 5,000 American ... More
