NEW YORK — The myth of the American West lingers today in our national consciousness and its echoes are still felt in modern culture.
Painting the American West
European paintings add sparkle to Kaminski auction March 3-4
BEVERLY, Mass. – Kaminski Auctions will hold a two-day auction March 3 and 4. Day one will be an estate auction and day two will be a designer rug sale with all lots sold unreserved. Absentee and Internet bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
French customs officials recover stolen Degas painting from bus
PARIS (AP) – French customs officers have found an impressionist painting by Edgar Degas stowed on a bus, more than eight years after it was reported stolen.
Scientists say European art scene began with Neanderthals
NEW YORK (AP) – From the murky depths of Spanish caves comes a surprising insight: Neanderthals created art.
M.S. Rau Antiques exhibit celebrates New Orleans’ tricentennial
NEW ORLEANS – In honor of New Orleans’ tricentennial, M.S. Rau Antiques will present “Vice & Virtue: An Exhibition of Sex, Saints & Sin.” The new show, which will explore the universal and timeless struggle between virtue and vice, is free and open to the public beginning April 7 to June 9 at the gallery at 630 Royal St. The exhibit, like the city itself, promises to delight and shock the visitor.
To celebrate the city’s 300 years, curator Rebecca Rau has put together a unique exhibit that exemplifies the rich history, diversity, cultural traditions and resilience of the city. “Vice & Virtue” will feature fine art and rare objects from across history, from torture masks to Brueghel masterpieces.
The new exhibit, which features over 50 pieces of art, antiques and historical items valued at over $15 million, will give a nod to New Orleans’ heritage and its infamous culture of celebration, indulgence and excess and include depictions of the pious and pure, alongside voyeurs and seductresses.
“Since the beginning, New Orleans has been filled with piety and decadence; it is a city that thrives on extremes,” said Rau, a fourth-generation antique dealer. “It is this dichotomy of differences that make this city all that it is, from the magnificent churches to the rowdiness of Mardi Gras, it is a place that both inspires and amazes.”
‘Essential Duchamp’ to tour Japan, Korea, Australia in 2018-19
PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Museum of Art is organizing the most comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the art and life of Marcel Duchamp ever to be seen in the Asia-Pacific region. From October 2 to Dec. 9, “The Essential Duchamp” will be presented at Tokyo National Museum in Japan before traveling to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, Korea, and the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.