DENVER, Pa. – Without exception, every Morphy Auctions event features outstanding and fresh-to-market collections, but there’s one sale that consistently wins the auction-gallery beauty contest: their annual pre-Christmas Fine & Decorative Arts Auction. For this particular sale, which ushers in the holiday season, Morphy’s gallery is at its shining best, showcasing exquisite, connoisseur-level examples of antique and vintage rarities.
GRIFFITH, Ind. – Scenes from Chicagoland by six Northwest Indiana and Chicago-based photographers comprise the bulk of a charity auction that Rivich Auction will conduct on Sunday, Dec. 6. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. – Charleston Estate Auctions’ December Southern Estates sale on Sunday, Dec. 6, is packed with fine art. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
MIAMI (PRNewswire) – The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami will host exhibitions, virtual events, virtual tours and extended hours during Miami Art Week, Nov. 29–Dec.
“We are pleased to safely welcome visitors to the museum for Miami Art Week 2020 by presenting a diverse range of exhibitions and virtual programming,” said MOCA Executive Director Chana Sheldon. “MOCA is honored to host the most comprehensive survey of work by Raúl de Nieves, complemented by the exhibition, ‘Life and Spirituality in Haitian Art,’ focusing on Haitian art and paying tribute to Haiti’s rich historical, cultural and artistic heritage.”
In-Person Exhibitions
“Life and Spirituality in Haitian Art” Selections from the Betty and Isaac Rudman Trust Collection, on view through March 14
The exhibition brings together a selection of paintings from Haiti created between 1940 and 1970. Featuring works by Hector Hyppolite, Philomé Obin, Rígaud Benoit, Wilson Bigaud, Jacques-Enguérrand Gourgue, and Gérard Valcin, these renowned masters come from the first and second generation of artists associated with Port-au-Prince’s Centre d’ Art. This exhibition also includes some of their contemporaries and pupils, including Ernst Louizor, Célestin Faustin and Adam Leontus. The merging of techniques, methods and cultures is seen through their work, ushering forth a style that is uniquely and quintessentially Haitian. The paintings explore the Haitian identity through deep, rich, vibrant colored scenes depicting historical figures, tropical flowers and fruits, rural landscapes, and daily activities infused with spirituality and Afro-Caribbean religious symbolism, particularly from a voodoo tradition. Curated by Francine Birbragher-Rozencwaig, Ph.D.
“Raul de Nieves: Eternal Return & The Obsidian Heart,” on view through March 21
Eternal Return and The Obsidian Heart is, to date, the most comprehensive survey of work by Raúl de Nieves. The exhibition connects the artist’s exuberant material sensibility to his roots in punk music, devotional ritual and celebratory queerness. The artist draws inspiration from his childhood spent in Michoacán, Mexico, where public religious ceremonies and private rituals incorporate elaborate costuming and theatrical components. Coming of age in DIY scenes in San Diego and San Francisco also energized de Nieves with a theatrical approach to art making. Curated by Risa Puleo.
Virtual Tours
On Sunday, Nov. 29 and Dec. 6 at 3:00 p.m., MOCA’s Curator of Education Amanda Covach will provide a virtual tour of MOCA’s current exhibitions “Raúl De Nieves: Eternal Return & The Obsidian Heart” and “Life and Spirituality in Haitian Art.”
RSVP for Nov. 29 Virtual Tour: http://bit.ly/MOCA1129
RSVP for Dec. 6 Virtual Tour: http://bit.ly/MOCA1206
MOCA’s extended opening hours during Miami Art Week are Tuesday, Dec. 1, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Wednesday, Dec. 2, 10 a.m.–7 p.m.; Thursday, Dec. 3, 10 a.m.–9 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 4, 10 a.m.–7 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 5, 10 a.m.–7 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 6, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Timed tickets are encouraged throughout Miami Art Week (December 1-6) and admission will be prioritized for those with pre-purchased tickets available here.
The museum is located at 770 NE 125th St., North Miami, FL 33161. Admission to the museum is $10 and free for MOCA members and North Miami residents. For more information, visit mocanomi.org, call 305-893-6211 or email 259812@email4pr.com.
NEW YORK – Swann Galleries’ sale of Fine Books & Manuscripts on Nov. 17 saw great success across categories with a 90% sell-through rate by lot and closed above the total high-estimate at $675,481. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
MOUNT CRAWFORD, Va. – Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates’ Premier Americana Auction on Nov. 12-14 was a landmark event and produced robust prices in multiple categories. The three-day format consisted of 1,908 lots of high-quality material from across the country, much of which was fresh to the market, and, in a number of cases, had descended directly in the families of the original owners. Bidding was intense throughout each day with thousands of registered bidders participating by phone and online in competition with a socially distanced gallery crowd eager to acquire something rare and desirable. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.Continue reading
CINCINNATI – Cowan’s Auctions will offer Part II of the Steve Turner Collection of African Americana on Dec. 3 starting at 10 a.m. EST. Comprising over 240 lots, the photographs, broadsides, books, manuscripts, pinbacks and ephemera in the collection primarily explore the history of African American settlement in the west during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
LOS ANGELES – Bruce, the fiberglass shark made from the Jaws mold, is ready for his close-up. The 1,208-pound, 25-foot-long, 45-year-old shark, famous for being difficult to work with on the set of Steven Spielberg’s classic thriller, on Friday was hoisted up in the air above the main escalator of the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles where he will greet guests for the foreseeable future. And this time, he cooperated.
NEW YORK – While the three-day Thanksgiving celebration that Pilgrims enjoyed with the Wampanoag Native Americans at Plymouth, Mass., in November 1621 was likely not the first Thanksgiving – scholars have uncovered evidence of earlier fall harvest celebrations to give thanks in St. Augustine, Fla., in the 1500s – Thanksgiving has become an iconic American holiday.
NEW YORK – Christie’s is presenting Jewels Online now through Dec. 1-2. The auction consists of more than 350 examples of fine jewels and iconic designs from the world’s most renowned jewelry houses. Works by Bulgari, Cartier, David Webb, Graff, JAR, Tiffany & Co., Van Cleef & Arpels and Verdura are all represented alongside bold colored gemstones and fine diamonds. View the fully illustrated catalog on LiveAuctioneers.