Art du XXIème siècle/21th century art

Dinh Q. Lê, Untitled, from the series “Tapestry,” 2006. Chromogenic print and linen tape, 53 x 53 inches. Courtesy of UBS Art Collection. SAN JOSE, CA.- Dinh Q. Lê: True Journey Is Return is the largest solo exhibition of the renowned Vietnamese-American artist’s work in the United States in more than a decade. Dinh Q. Lê features five major video and photography installations, including the installation Vision In Darkness: Trần Trung Tín (2015), which has never before seen in the US, and rarely seen... [Lire la suite]

Zao Wou-Ki, Juin-Octobre 1985, oil on canvas (triptych), 280 x 1000 cm, 1985, estimate upon request. Courtesy Sotheby's. Hong Kong - Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern Art and Contemporary Art Evening Sales on 30 September 2018 will present a line-up of seminal works, many of which are fresh to the market, by eminent Asian masters such as Zao Wou-Ki, Chu Teh-Chun, Sanyu, Zeng Fanzhi, Liu Ye, Kusama Yayoi, Shiraga Kazuo, Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merprès, Ronald Ventura, alongside their contemporaries in the West, including Pablo... [Lire la suite]

Danh Vo, 08:03:51, 28.05., 2009 (detail). SMK. Photo: Nick Ash COPENHAGEN.- The National Gallery of Denmark is presenting a large-scale retrospective featuring one of Denmark’s most internationally acclaimed contemporary artists: Danh Vo. The exhibition at SMK is the result of a unique collaboration with The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Full-scale replicas of the folds of the Statue of Liberty’s robes, a chandelier that has witnessed major turning points in history, and letters from a warring... [Lire la suite]

Lightning-struck Tree (2012), Giuseppe Penone. Photo: © Jonty Wilde; courtesy the artist and Yorkshire Sculpture Park. WAKEFIEL.- Yorkshire Sculpture Park is presenting an extensive exhibition by Giuseppe Penone that recognises a partnership between one of the most eminent artists working today and one of the world’s foremost sculpture parks, marking the culmination of a dialogue that has evolved since the artist’s first visit to YSP in 1989. Works drawn from five decades of Penone’s career, from the... [Lire la suite]

Jan Fabre at work. Photo: Attilio Maranzano, Assistant: Flavio Pescatori, Copyright Angelos bvba ANTWERP.- In 1628, the Antwerp trinity of Rubens, Jordaens and Van Dyck received the assignment from the Augustinian monks to make altarpieces for their cloister church in the Kammenstraat. This year, Jan Fabre is receiving the same honour upon the occasion of Antwerp Baroque 2018. The former Augustinian church is now the reception and music centre AMUZ. Specially for these new works of art the church site is open from July... [Lire la suite]

Rob and Nick Carter, Transforming Landscape Painting,  2013-2017, 2.5-hour looped film, monitor with player, frame, 99 × 81 × 13 cm (39 × 32 × 5 in.), edition of 12 + 5 AP. Courtesy Ben Brown Fine Arts © Rob and Nick Carter 2018 LONDON.- Celebrated British artists Rob and Nick Carter are exhibiting their acclaimed Transforming series at Masterpiece 2018, from 28 June – 4 July. The husband-and-wife artistic duo present... [Lire la suite]

Lot 194. Miquel Barceló (b. 1957), Es Maculi del Gegant (The Giant from Maculi), signed and dated 'Barceló 07' (on the reverse), mixed media on canvas, 112 ¼ x 112 ¼in. (285 x 285cm). Executed in 2007. Estimate GBP 180,000 - GBP 250,000. Price realised GBP 320,750. Courtesy of Christie's Images Ltd 2018. Provenance: Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich. Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008. ‘ Wherever he may be, Miquel Barceló... [Lire la suite]

Lot 6. Lucian Freud (1922-2011), Portrait on a White Cover, oil on canvas, 116.5 by 143 cm. 45 7/8 by 56 1/4 in. Executed in 2002-03. Estimate: £17,000,000-20,000,000. Sold for £22,464,300. Courtesy Sotheby's. LONDON.- One of Lucian Freud’s last great nudes, Portrait on a White Cover sold hours ago in Sotheby’s London’s saleroom for £22.5million / $29.8 million, making it the most valuable painting by the artist ever sold in London. The previous highest price for a London auction of the artist’s work... [Lire la suite]

Lot 232. Yan Pei-Ming (1960-), Autoportrait. Huile sur toile, 130 x 200 cm. Signé, daté Août 2002 et titré au dos. Estimation: 160 000 € / 190 000 €. Courtesy  Brussels Art Auction Provenance: Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Bruxelles  Exposition: 2003, Dijon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Fils du Dragon, Portraits Chinois, 14.5-1.9.2003  Littérature: Yan Peï Ming, Portraits Chinois, Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 2005, repr. en pleine page. Maitres Anciens, Art Moderne, Cbjets de... [Lire la suite]

Lot 18. Zhan Wang, Artificial Rock No. 92, 2016, signed 'Zhan Wang [in Chinese] 2006 3/4' on the reverse, stainless steel, 75 x 40.5 x 21.9 cm. (29 1/2 x 15 7/8 x 8 5/8 in.) Executed in 2006, this work is number 3 from an edition of 4. Estimate: HK$400,000 - 600,000. Courtesy Phillips. Provenance: Haines Gallery, San Francisco Acquired from the above by the present owner. Phillips. PIONEERS OF MODERNISM: A SELECTION FROM THE SCHEERES COLLECTION, HONG KONG AUCTION 27 MAY... [Lire la suite]