New Madrid museum set to unveil five centuries of Spain’s royal collections

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Columnas Churrieguera y Herrero, baroque Solomonic faux marble wooden columns with gilded vines that once belonged to a Madrid church, on view at The Royal Collections Gallery (Museo de Colecciones Reales) in Madrid, Spain. Image courtesy of the Museum

MADRID (AP) – It’s not as if Madrid were short on world-ranking galleries with the likes of the Prado Museum, the Thyssen-Bornemisza and the Reina Sofia, among others. But in June, Spain is set to unveil what is touted as one of Europe’s cultural highlights of the year with the opening in the Spanish capital of the Royal Collections Gallery (Museo de Colecciones Reales). The swanky new museum will feature paintings, tapestries, sculptures, decorative art pieces, armory and sumptuous royal furniture collected by Spanish monarchs during five centuries, spanning the empire’s Hapsburg and Bourbon dynasties. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will inaugurate the gallery on June 28, after which it will be open to the public, free of charge for the first few days.

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Dutch silver-gilt mounted nautilus cup, estimated in the region of $125,000. Image courtesy of Christie’s Images Ltd. 2023

Christie’s announces October auction series: Rothschild Masterpieces

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Assortment of artworks and objects that will be offered in the fall Rothschild Masterpieces sales at Christie’s New York. Image courtesy of Christie’s Images Ltd. 2023


Assortment of artworks and objects that will be offered in the fall Rothschild Masterpieces sales at Christie’s New York. Image courtesy of Christie’s Images Ltd. 2023

NEW YORK – Christie’s will present a series of auctions of Rothschild Masterpieces this fall. These will be the first-ever North American sales of objects belonging to one of the great collecting families in history, an unprecedented opportunity for collectors and connoisseurs. The sales will include a magnificent selection of decorative and fine art that reflects the discernment, art de vivre, and – above all – the taste of this storied dynasty. Rothschild Masterpieces brings together some 600 lots, with a total estimate in excess of $20 million, of furniture, enamels, maiolica, Renaissance jewels, silver and paintings of the highest quality, assembled by two generations of Rothschilds in France, largely during the latter half of the 19th century. Christie’s will conduct this landmark series of auctions at Rockefeller Center, with an evening sale on October 11; two day sales on October 12 and 13, respectively; and a concurrent online sale. An international touring exhibition will take place in Hong Kong May 24-28 and in London July 1-7.

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A three-story Manhattan apartment that serves as the home of the Kendall Roy character on the hit HBO show ‘Succession’ has listed for $29 million. Photo credit: Sean Hemmerle. Courtesy of TopTenRealEstateDeals.com

‘Succession’ character Kendall Roy’s Manhattan penthouse lists for $29M

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A three-story Manhattan apartment that serves as the home of the Kendall Roy character on the hit HBO show ‘Succession’ has listed for $29 million. Photo credit: Sean Hemmerle. Courtesy of TopTenRealEstateDeals.com

A three-story Manhattan apartment that serves as the home of the Kendall Roy character on the hit HBO show ‘Succession’ has listed for $29 million. Photo credit: Sean Hemmerle. Courtesy of TopTenRealEstateDeals.com

NEW YORK – HBO’s critically acclaimed series Succession follows the lives of the Roy family, heirs to a global media and entertainment conglomerate known as Waystar Royco, as they squabble for dominance in the wake of their father’s declining health. Awarded both the Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series in 2020 and 2022, the four-season show earned 24 additional Emmy awards, including Outstanding Lead Actor for Jeremy Strong, who plays Kendall Roy. The series is filmed mostly in New York, where the rival factions of the lead family live in opulent penthouses on either side of Central Park. Kendall Roy’s TV home is a three-level penthouse at the top of the tallest tower north of 72nd Street. The five-bedroom, 5,500-square-foot abode has been listed for sale at $29 million.

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‘Shadow Chord,’ a 1969 work by Louise Nevelson that now belongs to the Boca Raton Museum of Art, has undergone a restoration funded by the Bank of America Art Conservation Project. The painted wood construction sculpture was a partial purchase courtesy of Collectors' Forum and a partial gift of Mr. Sid Deutsch. Image courtesy of the Boca Raton Museum of Art, photo credit Jacek Gancarz

Louise Nevelson architectural sculpture restored at Boca Raton museum

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‘Shadow Chord,’ a 1969 work by Louise Nevelson that now belongs to the Boca Raton Museum of Art, has undergone a restoration funded by the Bank of America Art Conservation Project. The painted wood construction sculpture was a partial purchase courtesy of Collectors' Forum and a partial gift of Mr. Sid Deutsch. Image courtesy of the Boca Raton Museum of Art, photo credit Jacek Gancarz

‘Shadow Chord,’ a 1969 work by Louise Nevelson in the collection of the Boca Raton Museum of Art, has undergone a restoration funded by the Bank of America Art Conservation Project. The painted wood construction sculpture was a partial purchase courtesy of Collectors’ Forum and a partial gift of Mr. Sid Deutsch. Image courtesy of the Boca Raton Museum of Art, photo credit Jacek Gancarz

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Boca Raton Museum of Art has announced the completion of the restoration of a major sculpture by Louise Nevelson, a leading American sculptor of the 20th century and an innovator in site-specific art installations. The restoration was funded by a grant from Bank of America’s Art Conservation Project, a global program providing grants to nonprofit cultural institutions to conserve historically or culturally significant works of art, including works that have been designated as national treasures.

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Salvador Dali, ‘Les Fourmis (Ants),’ circa 1936. Gouache on tinted paper, 25 ¾ by 19 ½in. Collection of the Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Fla. (USA). In the USA: © Salvador Dali Museum, Inc., St. Petersburg, Fla., 2022 / Worldwide : ©Salvador Dali, Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali, (ARS), 2022

Where Ideas Come From: Dali’s Drawings opens in Florida May 27

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Salvador Dali, ‘Study for Soft Watch Exploding,’ 1954. Ink and pencil on paper, 5 by 6 ¾in. Collection of the Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Fla. (USA). In the USA: © Salvador Dali Museum, Inc., St. Petersburg, Fla., 2022 / Worldwide : ©Salvador Dali, Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali, (ARS), 2022

Salvador Dali, ‘Study for Soft Watch Exploding,’ 1954. Ink and pencil on paper, 5 by 6 ¾in. Collection of the Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Fla. (USA). In the USA: © Salvador Dali Museum, Inc., St. Petersburg, Fla., 2022 / Worldwide : ©Salvador Dali, Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali, (ARS), 2022

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Dali Museum will present more than 100 works on paper from the museum’s vault in Where Ideas Come From: Dali’s Drawings from May 27 through Oct. 22. Showcasing the artist’s utilization of various media, including pencil, pen, charcoal, watercolor and gouache, Dali’s Drawings will highlight Dali’s creative process throughout the many phases of his career. More than half of the artworks will be on view for the first time in 35 years and will rarely be displayed again due to their fragile nature. Through the support of donations from the community, the majority of the works featured in the exhibition were recently conserved — for the first time — in alignment with the Dali’s mission to care for and share Dali’s work and legacy.

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Chiswick Auctions to offer Sally Jacobs costume designs for major UK stage productions, May 24

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Sally Jacobs (1932-2020), original 1965 design for costume worn by Ian Holm in Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘Twelfth Night,’ from a group lot of 41 costume designs for stage productions. Estimate £3,000-£4,000 ($3,745-$4,990)

LONDON – An archive containing hundreds of stage costume designs by Sally Jacobs (1932-2020) are featured in Chiswick Auctions’ Books and Works on Paper sale slated for May 24. One of the lots (Lot 161), which includes mixed-media designs for important stage Royal Shakespeare Company productions from the 1960s, is expected to sell for £18,000-£22,000 ($22,465-$27,460).

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Pablo Picasso, ‘Self Portrait (Autoportrait),’ Paris, 1901. Oil on canvas, 81 by 61cm. Musee national Picasso-Paris, Dation Pablo Picasso, 1979 © 2023 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Mathieu Rabeau, Courtesy RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY

Guggenheim presents intimate 10-work show ‘Young Picasso in Paris’

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Pablo Picasso, ‘Self Portrait (Autoportrait),’ Paris, 1901. Oil on canvas, 81 by 61cm. Musee national Picasso-Paris, Dation Pablo Picasso, 1979 © 2023 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Mathieu Rabeau, Courtesy RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY

Pablo Picasso, ‘Self Portrait (Autoportrait),’ Paris, 1901. Oil on canvas, 81 by 61cm. Musee National Picasso-Paris, Dation Pablo Picasso, 1979 © 2023 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Mathieu Rabeau, Courtesy RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY

NEW YORK — The Guggenheim Museum presents Young Picasso in Paris, an intimate exhibition comprising a total of 10 paintings and works on paper executed during Pablo Picasso’s introduction to the French capital. Created during the course of one pivotal year, these works explore a critical juncture in his artistic development, as Picasso encountered novel contemporary subjects and styles. The tightly curated exhibit will be on view through August 6.

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Antony Gormley, ‘Apart X,’ 2003. Mild steel blocks, collection of Palm Springs Art Museum, gift of Donna and Cargill MacMillan, Jr., © Antony Gormley

Palm Springs museum gains 100 new artworks from generous supporters

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Installation view from So Many Songs We Have Yet to Play: Gifts of Donna MacMillan, on view at Palm Springs Art Museum through September 3. Image courtesy of Palm Springs Art Museum, photo credit Guillaume Goureau.

Installation view from So Many Songs We Have Yet to Play: Gifts of Donna MacMillan, on view at Palm Springs Art Museum through September 3. Image courtesy of Palm Springs Art Museum, photo credit Guillaume Goureau.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Palm Springs Art Museum has announced that two of its most devoted longtime supporters — Gwen Weiner and Donna MacMillan — have separately given more than 100 objects to the museum’s permanent collection.

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Ellsworth Kelly, ‘Study for Curve I,’ 1968, found crushed wax paper cup. © Ellsworth Kelly Foundation. Photo courtesy of the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation, in honor of the Ellsworth Kelly Centennial.

Trove of Ellsworth Kelly works given to Philadelphia Museum of Art

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Ellsworth Kelly, ‘Study for Curve I,’ 1968, found crushed wax paper cup. © Ellsworth Kelly Foundation. Photo courtesy of the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation, in honor of the Ellsworth Kelly Centennial.

Ellsworth Kelly, ‘Study for Curve I,’ 1968, found crushed wax paper cup. © Ellsworth Kelly Foundation. Photo courtesy of the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation, in honor of the Ellsworth Kelly Centennial.

PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Museum of Art is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Ellsworth Kelly’s birth with a new exhibition highlighting an extraordinary group of drawings that Jack Shear, the artist’s longtime partner and husband, has generously offered along with a related painting and sculpture as gifts to the museum. They come just as the museum has dedicated Gallery 275 as the newly endowed Jennifer Rice and Michael Forman Gallery, which has long showcased the early work of Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015) and will be devoted to artist’s work and legacy.

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Emmi Whitehorse, ‘Fog Bank,’ 2020, mixed media on paper on canvas, overall: 129.54 by 198.12cm (51 by 78in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, William A. Clark Fund, 2022.41.1. Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Washington, D.C.

Nat’l Gallery DC acquires mixed-media by Native American artist

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Emmi Whitehorse, ‘Fog Bank,’ 2020, mixed media on paper on canvas, overall: 129.54 by 198.12cm (51 by 78in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, William A. Clark Fund, 2022.41.1

Emmi Whitehorse, ‘Fog Bank,’ 2020, mixed media on paper on canvas, overall: 129.54 by 198.12cm (51 by 78in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, William A. Clark Fund, 2022.41.1

WASHINGTON – The National Gallery of Art has acquired Fog Bank (2020), a mixed-media work by Emmi Whitehorse (Dine, b. 1957-). It is the first piece by this highly respected Native American artist to join the collection. Whitehorse’s artwork embodies the natural harmony she observes in the landscape at her home near Santa Fe, New Mexico. It conveys her intimate knowledge of a place, in keeping with Navajo philosophy.

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