GIACOMO CERUTI (1698–1767)
A Lady in Costume (possibly Mary, Queen of Scots), mid-18th century
Recently acquired by the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Palazzo Corsini, Florence | 28 September – 6 October 2024 | www.biaf.it
Madonna with Child, by Agnolo di Cosimo, called Bronzino (1503–72). 1525–26. Oil on panel, 75 by 62 cm.
GALERIE CANESSO, PARIS
Sir Horace Mann, by Prince Hoare (1711–69). c.1749.
Terracotta, height 51.5 cm. WALTER
PADOVANI, MILAN
Portrait of Achille Fontanelli, by Andrea Appiani (1754–1817). 1813. Oil on canvas, 125 by 96 cm.
ROBILANT+VOENA, LONDON, MILAN, PARIS and NEW YORK
SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT in 1959, the Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato di Firenze (BIAF) has gathered and exhibited fine art of the highest calibre. The event has consistently attracted exhibitors, experts and collectors interested in the best artists –both established and perhaps historically overlooked. Alongside its commitment to quality, the Biennale has continued its dedication to historic Italian art of all forms, including painting, sculpture, furniture and the decorative arts.
Upholding this legacy, the thirty-third edition of BIAF will bring together eighty gold-standard galleries showcasing works meticulously vetted by an authoritative international committee, who will examine the quality, provenance, state of conservation and authenticity of the works of art. Among this year’s exhibitors, fourteen are presenting for the first time and thirteen are international galleries based outside Italy.
The Biennale will be held at Palazzo Corsini, a Baroque palace on the banks of the River Arno – a majestic setting that befits the quality of the pieces on display. Customarily, the venue will house an informative temporary exhibition of objects from private and public collections and several prizes will be awarded, including the Lorenzo d’Oro Award for an outstanding contribution to Italian film and television. A series of conferences and presentations of art-historical publications will take place in the Salone del Trono of the Palazzo Corsini, and happily the Biennale will coincide with Florence Art Week – a city-wide initiative offering a rich cultural programme that also engages modern and contemporary art galleries and specialists.
For more information, please visit: www.biaf.it
Head of the Bishop Andrea de’ Mozzi, attributed to a collaborator of Arnolfo di Cambio (c.1245–1302).
c.1296–c.1300.
Serena Pietra with traces of polychrome, height 39 cm.
BOTTICELLI ANTICHITÀ, FLORENCE
Palazzo Corsini, Florence | 28 September – 6 October 2024 | www.biaf.it
Madonna with Child and St Mary Magdalene, by Tiziano Vecellio, known as Titian, and workshop (c.1488/90–1576).
c.1555–60. Oil on canvas, 104 by 92.5 cm.
CARLO ORSI, MILAN
Early 1590s. Oil on panel, 107.3 by 86.4 cm. DICKINSON, LONDON
Still life with flowers in a glass vase, by Giovanna Garzoni (1600–70).
c.1640–50. Tempera painted on vellum with traces of black pencil, 44.8 by 37.5 cm.
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M.G.F.A. Choiseul-Gouffier. Voyage pittoresque de la Grèce. 2 vol. in 3 Paris 1782-1824.
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The current issue of Simiolus is dedicated to the memory of long-time editor Ger Luijten (1956–2022) and contains contributions by his friends about the kind of art and art history he loved. Some highlight Luijten’s crucial role for artists both past and present, such as Huigen Leeflang and Marjolein Leesberg’s chronicle of the Hollstein series, and Gijsbert van der Wal’s testimony to his importance for contemporary Dutch graphic artists. Others pick up on Luijten’s pioneering work, such as Ilja Veldman’s essay on games in northern prints, and Gregor Weber’s publication of an unknown print series after Abraham Bloemaert. And finally, there are essays that discuss subjects that particularly interested Luijten, such as Peter Galassi’s reflections on Corot’s open-air sketches after returning from Italy, Ruben Suykerbuyk’s analysis of Jan Frans van Dael’s near-photographic depiction of his own house, Hans Luijten’s dive into the Van Gogh family correspondence, and Jeroen Stumpel’s important new take on Mondrian’s art theory through a close reading one of his letters.
Visit simiolus.nl for the conditions of subscription and information on how to advertise, where to send your copy and how to order back issues not yet available via JSTOR
Pordenone, Mary Magdalene, circa 1530-1532 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Loan Stichting Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection)
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Maud Guichané and Rosie Razzall published by Paul Holberton, London to appear in October 2024
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Naissance et Renaissance du dessin italien .
La Collection du Museum Boijmans
Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
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October 2024
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Lumen
The Art and Science of Light, 800–1600
Edited by Kristen Collins and Nancy K. Turner
Sumptuously illustrated, this publication explores the ways art and science worked hand in hand in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Paper and Light
Luminous Drawings
Julian Brooks and Michelle Sullivan
This beautifully illustrated book charts how artists have achieved light effects and luminosity in their artworks over the last five centuries.
Ancient Thrace and the Classical World Treasures from Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece
Edited by Jeffrey Spier, Timothy Potts, Sara E. Cole, and Margarit Damyanov Richly illustrated, this volume is an examination of the profound impact Thracian art and culture had on the ancient Greeks and the entire northern Aegean region.
Looking at Fashion
A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques
Debra N. Mancoff
Spanning the centuries and representing a global point of view, Looking at Fashion is a guide to the elements that make clothing practical, wearable, stylish, and distinctive.
Sensing the Future Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)
Edited by Nancy Perloff and Michelle Kuo
This volume tells the story of how the groundbreaking arts organization Experiments in Art and Technology brought artists and engineers together to pioneer technology-based artworks and performances.
The Mobile Image from Watteau to Boucher
David Pullins
Reframing long-held assumptions about what distinguishes fine from decorative art, this innovative study explores a mode of making, seeing, and thinking that slices across eighteenth-century visual culture.
(MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY BRITISH ART)
Saatchi Gallery, London | 26–29 September 2024 | britishartfair.co.uk
Soldiers in a billet, by Keith Vaughan (1912–77). 1942. Pen, brush and ink, 25.5 by 35 cm.
ABBOTT AND HOLDER, LONDON
River Stour, Essex, by Algernon Newton (1880–1968). 1938. Oil on board, 12 by 17 cm.
AUSTIN / DESMOND FINE ART, LONDON
Spring time, by William Nicholson (I872–1949). 1922.
Pen, ink, watercolour and crayon, 21 by 16 cm.
PATRICK BOURNE & CO, LONDON
A HIGHLIGHT OF THE London calender for over three decades, the British Art Fair will see over eighty dealers from across the United Kingdom exhibit work that spans the early twentieth century to the present. Works by some of the most prominent names in British art from the last century will be exhibited across all floors of the Saatchi Gallery, including Henry Moore, Paula Rego and Walter Sickert.
The fair will also include a number of special displays. The ‘SOLO’ contemporary programme, now in its third year, has been curated by artist and gallerist Zavier Ellis in order to showcase an exciting and diverse array of living artists. The work of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham will feature in an exhibition organised in association with the artist’s trust. Contemporary artists supported by the trust will be displayed alongside the Scottish-born painter and printmaker, who was a principal figure in the St Ives School.
For the first time, a section dedicated to digital art will appear at the fair, entitled ‘PIVOTAL: Digitalism’ and curated by artist and academic Rebekah Tolley-Georgiou. Contributions by leading artists in this fast-growing area, including AI.S.A.M and X Worlds, will range from digital sculpture and painting to AI and VR works.
The accompanying events programme features a collectors’ preview at 6pm on Thursday 26th and an extended opening the following evening until 9pm. This late viewing will also allow visitors to meet some of the exhibited artists.
For more information visit britishartfair.co.uk
Figure studies, by Henry Moore (1898–1986). c.1948. Watercolour, ink, wash and wax resist, 28 by 21.5 cm. CHRISTOPHER KINGZETT, LONDON
Leaping man, by Elisabeth Frink (1930–93). 1985.
Bronze with a brown patina, 40 by 37 by 15 cm. PORTLAND GALLERY, LONDON
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DAVID DES GRANGES (1611–1672)
Portrait miniature of Charles II (1630–85), as King of Scotland; 1651
Watercolour on vellum
Set into the original gold locket, enamelled with designs on base and lid, the lid set with diamonds Oval, 41mm (1 5⁄8 in) high
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This exceptional portrait of the young Charles II can be traced to a precise date, when the artist recorded a miniature painted on the king’s request for: ‘ Mr. Seymour of Yor Majties Bed-chamber… ye 2nd of December 1651.’ The magnificence of the setting reflected the loyalty and courage of the recipient – Henry Seymour, a cousin of the royalist leader William Seymour, Marquess of Hertford, who travelled into exile with the future king.
The portrait remained in the family for almost 200 years until it was dramatically withdrawn from the Stowe auction sale of 1848. Loaned to the Victoria and Albert Museum for forty years, 160 years later the portrait became part of an important private collection.
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(MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY BRITISH ART)
Saatchi Gallery, London | 26–29 September 2024 | britishartfair.co.uk
Meeting point, by L.S. Lowry (1887–1976). 1973. Offset lithograph printed in colours on wove, 47 by 71 cm. HIDDEN GALLERY, BATH AND BRISTOL
Munnie and Janette, by William Crosbie (1915–99). 1937. Oil on paper, 58.5 by 66 cm. THE FINE ART SOCIETY, EDINBURGH
Study of Francis Bacon, no.3, by Clive Barker (b.1940). 1978. Polished bronze, 10.5 by 18.5 cm. WHITFORD
FINE ART, LONDON
Mr Rochester, by Paula Rego (1935–2022). 2001. Unique hand-painted lithograph, 89.5 by 67 cm. JAMES HYMAN GALLERY, LONDON
The Burlington Magazine is seeking submissions of articles for a special issue devoted to photography scheduled for 2025.
The Burlington Magazine has a long history of scholarship on art from all periods, from Antiquity to the present day.
We are seeking submissions of articles up to 5,000 words that present new art-historical research on photography from around the world.
The deadline for submissions is: 31st October 2024
For a full set of submission guidelines, please see our website: www.burlington.org.uk/about-us/about-themagazine/submit-an-article
If you have any questions about this special issue, please contact Christine Gardner-Dseagu at gardner-dseagu@burlington.org.uk
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Paul Nash (1889-1946) Studio, 1929 Watercolour, 57.3 by 41.3cm
Exhibiting at THE BRITISH ART FAIR Saatchi Gallery, London 26–29 September 2024
Simone di Filippo, called Simone dei Crocifissi (Bologna, documented between 1354 -1399)
Virgin and Child between Saints John the Baptist and Bartholomew (central panel); Archangel Gabriel, Saint Petronius, Saint Christopher and Saint Anthony (left panel); Virgin Annunciate, Saint Jerome, a Bishop Saint (Ambrose?) and Saint Florian (right panel)
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