Cowan s American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts auction realizes nearly double presale estimate
Alonzo Chappel (American, 1828-1887), George Washington at Princeton, 1777. Price realized: $35,200.
CINCINNATI, OH
.- On March 9 and 10, Cowans, a Hindman company, saw tremendous engagement in its American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts auction and realized more than $790,000. Property from the private collections of Noel and Kathryn Dickinson Wadsworth (Atlanta, Georgia); Paul M. Bentley (Oostburg, Wisconsin); Karen Tosterud (Bellaire, Michigan); and the estate of James A. Sanders (Evansville and New Harmonie, Indiana) all saw strong interest during the two-day auction. Additionally, a collection of trade signs from Arizona State University received great attention.
Alvar Aalto 2020 awarded to Bijoy Jain of Studio Mumbai in India
Carrimjee House. Photo: Studio Mumbai.
HELSINKI
.- The fourteenth Alvar Aalto Medal has been awarded to the Indian architectural office Studio Mumbai and its director Bijoy Jain. In making its selection, the jury emphasized the studios skilful synthesis of architecture and craftsmanship. Studio Mumbai s work reflects an understanding of the unique geographical, climatic and social characteristics of the environment, giving insightful consideration to them in their design work.
The award was presented to the medallist in February at the Finnish Embassy in New Delhi, India.
The work of Studio Mumbai is grounded on several values crucial for Alvar Aalto. Within this perspective, design touches all elements of a project. The buildings created by Bijoy Jain and his collaborators display a strong connection to a specific place and landscape: geographical, climatic and social particularities of the environment arou
Art and commerce join forces to create cultural cluster
Rotterdams M4H (Merwe-Vierhavens) area has a 120-year history. It started off as part of the greater Rotterdam port and for years boasted one of the worlds largest fruit terminals. Some buildings are currently recognised as industrial heritage.
ROTTERDAM
.- BRUTUS breaks the mould of art as a gentrification accelerator. Artist Joep van Lieshout (Atelier Van Lieshout) and project developer RED Company have joined forces to build a large-scale cultural cluster with residential units, offices and services in Rotterdams up and coming M4H port area. Their cooperation heralds a new model for urban renewal that does not automatically push out creatives once neighbourhoods upgrade.
Kunsthalle Mainz opens an exhibition of works by Joachim Koester
nhm:mz: Gips-Sandrose (M1990/2252-LS), Botanischer Garten JGU: Delosperma lehmannii Photo: Norbert Miguletz.
MAINZ
.- Perception, consciousness and connectedness are the crucial constant factors in Joachim Koesters thought and oeuvre. They constitute both the driving force behind his artistic work and what results from it. At a formal level, his photographs, videos, sound pieces and installations appear minimalistic, but they spread out bit by bit with their immense, interwoven spectrum of meaning.
They tell of people whose bodily movements have been induced by a tarantula bite, which essentially seems to be driving them to a state of rapture; of praying mantises that virtually merge with their surroundings; of imaginary journeys that lead to a place of abandoned futures; of the characteristic surface structures of cocaine or marijuana particles, which are far from being immediately recognisable to