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sothebys.com
KAWS, UNTITLED (KIMPSONS #1), 2004, estimate HK$48,000,000 , 68,000,000. UNTITLED (KIMPSONS #1) is described as the largest work among KAWS’s KIMPSONS paintings, commissioned by NIGO in 2004. The piece and the KIMPSONS series originate from 2001, with connections to the PACKAGE PAINTING SERIES and KAWS’s early fine art career.
dutchviolasociety.nl
The post covers Day 5 of the 46th International Viola Congress in Poznan, highlighting Kenneth Martinson’s lecture-recital on Marco Anzoletti, including Anzoletti’s Viola Sonata (1900) performed with Krzysztof Sowinski at piano and references to Anzoletti’s twelve studies (caprices) and related works.
bachtrack.com
Vilde Frang plays the Stravinsky Violin Concerto with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted by Joshua Weilerstein at the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique in Paris on 26 September 2019. The programme also includes Rameau, Bach, and Mendelssohn.
Christie’s
Christie’s documents the market development behind The Matthys-Colle Collection to be offered at Christie’s. Its account reports that pioneering in spirit, outstanding in provenance and exceptional in quality, the Matthys-Colle Collection is among Europe’s most important and influential private collections of contemporary art.
news.artnet.com
Eugène Delacroix’s Women of Algiers in Their Apartment (1833–34) joins the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston after being purchased from Paris gallerist Philippe Mendes. The work, the first version of Femmes d’Alger (1834), now sits in Houston’s collection and will be on view October 3. The painting’s authentication was by Virginie Cauchi-Fatiga, with provenance tracing back to its sale after the 1850 sale.
tarisio.com
The article features Rachel Podger speaking about her Antonio Pazarini violin, its journey toward a period-accurate Baroque setup, and the process of reverting it from a modern arrangement. Naomi Sadler written piece describes Podger’s six-year search, the restoration, and her involvement in the re-Baroquing, including a tailored neck.
press.christies.com
Banksy online auction totals £1,122,750 / $1,470,802 / €1,256,357. Top lot was Banksy, Girl with Balloon - Colour AP (Gold) at £395,250 / $517,777, a record for a Banksy print and European record for a work sold online at Christie’s.
fineartconnoisseur.com
The page reports on the Jackson Hole Art Auction hosted by Trailside Galleries and the Gerald Peters Gallery, noting that 84 percent of the 518 lots sold over two days and total sales exceeded $5.6 million. The cover lot was Carl Rungius’s "Alaskan Wilderness," which sold for $642,500, a house record for the artist. Other notable results include Roy Andersen’s world-record price-per-square-inch for a piece titled “The Red Shield,” G. Harvey’s bronze "The Spirit of Texas" selling for $36,000, Bob Kuhn’s pieces including "The Look Before the Leap" at $180,000 and "Cat on the Qui Vive" at $175,500, and wildlife works by Tucker Smith and Robert Bateman.
Christie’s
Christie’s documents the market development behind Christie's Announces The Collection of James and Marilynn Alsdorf. Its account reports that marilynn Alsdorf’s passion for collecting never ceased, and she continued to collect works by RenéMagritte, Wassily Kandinsky, Frida Kahlo, and others before passing away peacefully at the age of 94 in 2019.
kivitv.com
Anne Akiko Meyers, a world-renowned violinist, performed on the Vieuxtemps Guarneri Del Gesu, a violin made in 1741 that is loaned to her for life. The instrument, purchased for over $16 million in 2013, is showcased at the Boise Philharmonic’s 60th anniversary season kickoff.
robbreport.com
The article reports that female artists accounted for only about 2 percent of global auction spending from 2008 to mid-2019, with five artists accounting for over 40 percent of that share. It also notes underrepresentation in museum acquisitions and exhibitions, citing data from artnet News and In Other Words (Sotheby’s).
Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s documents the market development behind Highlights from Landscape of the Spirit: Property from A Private Collection, Washington, D.C.. Its account reports that anging from abstractions by Joan Snyder, Gene Davis and Mary Heilmann to sculptures by Isaac Witkin and Milton Hebald to varying landscape scenes by Leonardo Nierman, Richard Sheehan and Woody Gwyn – the Landscape of the Spirit collection offers a panoply of exceptional compositions and…
whosonthemove.com
Yuriy Bekker, concertmaster of the Charleston Symphony, will perform on a 1638 Guarneri violin loaned by an anonymous patron for the 2019-2020 season. The instrument, made by Andrea Guarneri, is one of the earliest Guarneri violins and highly coveted alongside Stradivari instruments.
sothebys.com
Banksy’s Devolved Parliament, a painting depicting The House of Commons as primates, sold for £9.9 million at Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction in London. The work’s sale set a new record for Banksy, surpassing previous records ninefold and occurred near the UK’s Brexit timeline.
culturetype.com
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announced 29 acquisitions, including works by Emma Amos, Jordan Casteel, Clementine Hunter, Henry Ossawa Tanner, and Kehinde Wiley. The article notes the acquisitions span historic and contemporary works, many by African American artists, and highlights works from the Gordon W. Bailey collection among others.
malaymail.com
Tan Chin Seng, a Kuala Lumpur native, won two gold medals at the 10th International Violin Making Competition in Sesto Fiorentino, Italy, for a handcrafted violin named Negaraku and a viola named Jalur Gemilang in the non-professional category. He expressed euphoric feelings about the double victory.
idleclassmag.com
The article reports Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art adding works by Kehinde Wiley, Jordan Casteel, Henry Ossawa Tanner, and 23 pieces from the Gordon W. Bailey Collection to its permanent collection. It highlights diversifying the collection and includes quotes from Austen Barron Bailly and Lauren Haynes about the acquisitions and their impact on representation in American art.
Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s documents the market development behind The Sauer Collection. Its account reports that the Sauer Collection is led in September by Josef Albers’s Study to Homage to the Square: Sixteen from 1958 ($200,000 - 300,000).
nbcconnecticut.com
NBC Connecticut reports that Windsor police recovered a late 1800s French violin that had been a family heirloom for generations and returned it to owner Tim Lawrence in time for his cousin’s wedding; investigators are continuing work on securing arrest warrants for those involved.
artforum.com
Pablo Picasso and Joan Miró works are among recovered items after the 1993 Hollywood thefts; police are identifying specific artworks and assessing value with the Getty Museum, as authorities recover more than a hundred stolen items.
theartnewspaper.com
David Bowie’s Tintoretto altarpiece of Saint Catherine by Jacopo Tintoretto returns to Venice after more than 200 years, with buyer revealed as Belgian collector Marnix Neerman; the work purchased from Colnaghi in 1987 and loaned to the Rubens House in Antwerp for a long-term display.
news.artnet.com
Gustave Caillebotte’s portraits and pastels owned by his butler Jean Daurelle are now on view at the Musée d’Orsay. The works were donated by Marie-Jeanne Daurelle shortly before her death, ending their private status, and include two pastels of Daurelle’s son Camille and two oil paintings of Daurelle in a frock coat and top hat, along with a landscape. The paintings join other Caillebotte works from the museum’s collection.
planethugill.com
Planet Hugill reports on a concert by I Musicanti at Conway Hall on 15 September 2019 featuring chamber versions of Beethoven symphonic music, including an anonymous string-quartet arrangement of Symphony No. 1, plus modern arrangements of the Violin Concerto in D op. 61 and the Romances for violin and string quintet by Carl Hinde, discussed by reviewer Robert Hugill.
northendwaterfront.com
The article covers Nico, a homeless musician in the North End, who was robbed at knifepoint of his 125-year-old violin. Community benefactors organized a replacement violin for him, presented by David Oriola at the San Gennaro Feast, with support from Berklee College of Music personnel and North End residents. The piece notes Nico’s gratitude and his continued performances on the Prado near the Paul Revere Mall.