he success tonight of works including Umberto Boccioni’s spectacular Futurist composition showed that our collectors are hungry for the rarest, highest-quality examples we are able to unearth.
March 2018 Art News
Discover how Sayed Haider Raza blended the influences of his Indian heritage and European training to create a unique style. In “Ville Provençal” vivid colours and heavy impasto depict a moody, semi-abstracted Paris. This painting’s storied history and monumental scale make it both a testament to Raza’s legacy and a highlight of Sotheby’s Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art auction (19 March, New York).
On view March 4 through July 22, 2018, “Excavating the Future City: Photographs by Naoya Hatakeyama” will feature thirteen of the artist’s photo series, representing nearly 100 works created over the past three decades. Seven of these works were recently acquired by Mia for its permanent collection.
Currently at the Art Institute of Chicago, Mirroring China’s Past: Emperors and Their Bronzes, presents exquisitely ornamented Chinese bronzes from the second and first millennia BC. Unlike similar Greek and Roman bronze sculptures, these Chinese Bronze Age objects (about 2000–221 BC) were created primarily for ritual use. Starting with the Song Dynasty (960–1279), Emperors collected these bronzes as symbols of their right to rule.
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), presents Real Worlds: Brassaï, Arbus, Goldin, an exhibition that brings together the works of three of the 20th century’s most influential photographers of modern life.
