Phillips to offer Jean Dunand s art deco masterpiece Les Palmiers Smoking Room, 1930-1936
Jean Dunand (1877-1942), Les Palmiers smoking room, from the residence of Mademoiselle Colette Aboucaya, Paris, 1930-1936. Estimate £1,500,000 2,000,000 Image courtesy of Phillips.
LONDON
.- This Spring, Phillips presents a rare opportunity to view the smoking room Les Palmiers, designed by Jean Dunand from 1930-1936 for the Parisian apartment of Mademoiselle Collette Aboucaya on rue de Monceau. Standing as one of the great achievements in 20th Century French Design, Les Palmiers will be offered alongside the original daybed designed by the Japanese artist Katsu Hamanaka, which was acquired by the late designer Kenzo in the late 90s before moving to another collection where it has remained until today. Phillips Design auction in London on 4 May will unite these works for the first time since they first appeared on the market in 1997.
Exhibition at Mishkan Museum of Art presents a series of actions performed by Gregory Abou
Gregory Abou (b. 1974, Melun, France), JETESAIS, Chapter 1: Lofoten Archipelago, Norway, 2016, still, video, 16:9. 13 min. Film Editing: Gregory Abou and Erez Pery; Sound Design: Jakob Mäsel. PhotoGregory Abou, 2021.
EIN HAROD
.- This exhibition presents for the first time a series of works created by the performance and video artist Gregory Abou (b. 1974, France; lives and works in Tel Aviv) under the title JETESAIS (Iknowyou). The videos present a series of actions performed by Abou from 2016 to 2020 around the world: at the Lofoten archipelago in northern Norway; in the Yakushima Forest in southern Japan; at the Ein Ziv nature reserve in western Galilee; and at the Byzantine site of Shivta in the Negev Desert.
SA telecoms regulator Icasa pushes back spectrum auction again By Nqobile Dludla - 23 February 2021 Allocation of high-demand spectrum is seen as key to expanding broadband services in SA. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/Aleksey Zatevahin
SA s telecoms regulator on Monday pushed back the announcement of the qualifying bidders for its long-awaited auction of new spectrum by a month to March 23, just a week before the sale had been due to be completed.
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) said it was completing a contract with the external auctioneer who will oversee and manage the process, and the auction would now start on March 31 rather than finishing then.
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza exhibits a series of 10 paintings by Alberto Reguera
Aert van der Neer, Moonlit Landscape with a Road beside a canal, ca. 1645 - 1650. Oil on panel. 35,6 x 65,5 cm. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.
MADRID
.- From 15 February to 9 May the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza is presenting a series of 10 paintings by Alberto Reguera (born Segovia, 1961). The artist has taken his starting point from a work in the museums permanent collection, Moonlit Landscape with a Road beside a Canal by the Dutch painter Aert van der Neer (Amsterdam, 1603-1677). Regueras works have been specially created for the exhibition and will subsequently travel to Hong Kong where they will be shown at the University Museum and Art Gallery, in autumn 2021. The exhibition, which has benefited from the collaboration of Madrid Art Gestión de Arte, is on display in the first floor Balcony gallery. Entrance is free.