LONDON.- Following Sotheby’s outstanding sale of Contemporary Art in New York last November, which soared above high estimate and witnessed all but two lots find buyers, Sotheby’s London Evening Sale of Contemporary Art on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, is set to provide Contemporary Art collectors with the opportunity to acquire important and rare works by some of the foremost Post-War and Contemporary artists. The Contemporary Art Evening Sale, which includes ZERO: Property from the Sammlung Lenz Schönberg, will also be spearheaded by major works by artists such as Peter Doig, Lucian Freud, Gerhard Richter, Chris Ofili, Lucio Fontana and Piero Manzoni. Including ZERO: Property from the Sammlung Lenz Schönberg, the Contemporary Art Evening Sale is estimated to realise in excess of £32
Explosive Works by German Artist Martin Denker at Bruce Silverstein
NEW YORK, NY.- Bruce Silverstein is showing AbsoluteZero, the first New York solo show of the explosive works by 33-year-old German artist Martin Denker. Featuring nine large-scale pieces, interwoven and abstracted through the layering and morphing of manifold visual sources, “AbsoluteZero” expands the definition of the capabilities and expectations of photography. Denker’s works uniquely teeter between Surrealism, Pop, psychedelia and science fiction; his mind-blasting photo-based montages draw the beholder into a system seemingly of fantasy but in fact steeped in reality. Rather a creator than an accumulator, Denker uses image-processing/altering applications to compose and orchestrate scores of photographic layers
Explosive Works by German Artist Martin Denker at Bruce Silverstein
NEW YORK, NY.- Bruce Silverstein is showing AbsoluteZero, the first New York solo show of the explosive works by 33-year-old German artist Martin Denker. Featuring nine large-scale pieces, interwoven and abstracted through the layering and morphing of manifold visual sources, “AbsoluteZero” expands the definition of the capabilities and expectations of photography. Denker’s works uniquely teeter between Surrealism, Pop, psychedelia and science fiction; his mind-blasting photo-based montages draw the beholder into a system seemingly of fantasy but in fact steeped in reality. Rather a creator than an accumulator, Denker uses image-processing/altering applications to compose and orchestrate scores of photographic layers
Rediscovered Self-Portrait by Lucian Freud to be Sold at Sotheby’s
LONDON.- Sotheby’s is delighted to announce that it will offer for sale the recently rediscovered oil on canvas “Self-Portrait with a Black Eye”, circa 1978, by the celebrated British artist Lucian Freud (b. 1922) in its London Evening Sale of Contemporary Art on Wednesday, February 10, 2010. The self-portrait, which headlines a group of five important works by the artist in the auction that have come from a private European collection, has never been recorded in the published literature on Lucian Freud and has remained in the same collection for over 30 years since its conception. Never-before exhibited in public, this rare work ranks as the artist’s most important self-depiction ever to appear at auction and is estimated at £3-4 million.
Ernesto Neto’s “Navedenga” on View for the First Time at MoMA
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents “Ernesto Neto: Navedenga”, an installation of the room-size sculpture “Navedenga” (1998) by Ernesto Neto (born 1964), one of the most influential Brazilian artists working today. “Navedenga” was acquired in 2007 and is on view for the first time at the Museum from January 22 to April 26, 2010. The installation is organized by Doryun Chong, Associate Curator, and Nora Lawrence, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art. Since the late 1990s, Neto has been creating enveloping sculptural
Prominent Dealers Bring Art World to Second Annual Dallas Art Fair
DALLAS, TX.- The second annual Dallas Art Fair presented by Veuve Clicquot will return to the city on Friday, February 5 through Sunday, February 7, 2010. A preview Gala will be held on Thursday evening, February 4, benefiting Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. From mid-morning to early evening over the three days of the fair, visitors may visit and purchase art from renowned art dealers and experts from across the United States and Great Britain. Celebrating modern and contemporary art, the 2010 Dallas Art Fair will showcase paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints and photographs from post war artists represented by more than 50 prominent art dealers. Galleries that will be joining the 2010 Dallas Art Fair for the first time include Babcock Galleries, New York; D’Amelio Terras, New York; Hedge, San Francisco; Modern Art, London; and Timothy
Christie’s Strengthens Asia Management Lineup with New Appointments
HONG KONG.- Christie’s announced today that it will continue developing its business in Asia by strengthening its senior management lineup. To enhance the business-getting capability of our Chairman’s offices in Asia, François Curiel, currently Chairman of Christie’s Europe and France as well as International Head of the Jewellery Department, has been appointed as President, Asia and will relocate to Hong Kong at the end of January to fulfil this role and continue his leading role in the Jewellery Department. Andrew Foster, previously President, Asia, has been promoted to International Managing Director, Auction & Private Sales, where he will be responsible for the management of the company’s worldwide auctions & private sales, regional offices and client development.
Exhibition of Interactive Work by Artist Jeppe Hein Announced in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- The Indianapolis Museum of Art announced today that a multi-part exhibition of Copenhagen- and Berlin-based artist Jeppe Hein will premiere at the Museum in May 2010. Hein’s site-specific installation Distance will occupy all 4,000 square feet of the IMA’s McCormack Forefront Galleries. Hein is also creating an outdoor experiential artwork titled “Bench Around the Lake” on the Museum grounds for the inaugural installations in “100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park”, which opens June 20, 2010. “Hein’s engaging, playful works will take IMA visitors on peculiar and surprising routes through both the museum and the park. Like no other artist working today, Hein is able to create moments of incredulity, absurdity and joy,” said Sarah Green, associate curator of contemporary art at the IMA. “This two-part exhibition will highlight Hein’s ongoing investigations of
Solo Exhibition by New York-Based Artist Hugo Markl at Galerie Eva Presenhuber
ZURICH.- Galerie Eva Presenhuber presents, after two years, a new solo exhibition by New York-based artist Hugo Markl. The title of this exhibition goes as follows: “One day 1917, while his director was out sick with a hangover, John Ford made his first feature. VOICE OF JOHN FORD: They brought a lot of people out from the east. I mean, the opening of Universal City, Carl Laemmle had a lot of beauty contestants there. And we had a Western street and a bunch of cowboys. And Mr. Bernstein came riding up and he says: “You’re the first assistant, you gotta shoot something while he’s here. There’s a big bunch of people, over 100.” I said, “What will I do?” He says, “Do anything. You know, you let them ride back and forth.” So they rode through the streets shooting at everything, you know, for no reason at all. And I said to Mr. Bernstein, “And how was that?” And he says,
Sotheby’s to Offer the James S. Copley Library’s Original Manuscripts
NEW YORK, NY.- Beginning in April 2010, Sotheby’s New York will have the privilege of offering the James S. Copley Library, an astonishing survey in original manuscripts of American history and worldwide literary, artistic and scientific achievement. The core of the collection is its remarkable range of handwritten letters, documents, and other manuscripts which trace this history of America from the earliest incursions of Jesuit missionaries into California through the archive of letters sent by General Eisenhower to his wife from the battlefields of Europe. The depth and breadth of the library is astounding, reflecting the interest and passions of an inspired collector and newspaper publisher along with a dedicated curator who together sought the finest works available. Assembled primarily during the 1960s and 70s, a ‘Golden Age’ for manuscript collecting, the Library numbers approximately 2,000 manuscripts, bo