Barbican Art Gallery
London
This month, the Barbican Art Gallery in London is opening "The Surreal House", a unique exhibition that places art, design, architecture, and film together to create a mysterious dwelling and labyrinth of chambers designed by Carmody Groarke architechts.
Somerset House
London
Somerset House in London will host a retrospective exhibition of Sebastian Bergne this summer, entitled “Blow by Blow”. The show celebrates the 20th anniversary of the industrial designer's studio, and will present an extraordinary collection of previously unseen personal glass projects.
Shanghai, China
The World Exposition in Shanghai is a unique platform for displaying historical experience, exchanging innovative ideas, demonstrating morale, and looking to the future. This year’s expo is further distinguished because it marks the first registered World Exposition to be held in a developing country.
ESTIMATE $50,000-70,000
PROVENANCE Galerie du Passage, Paris
LITERATURE Rosanjin Kitaoji Isamu Noguchi, exh. cat., Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1996, p. 163, cat. no. S20; Alexander von Vegesack, et al., eds., Isamu Noguchi, Sculptural Design, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 2001, p. 297
ESTIMATE $60,000-90,000
EXHIBITED “Lucie Rie/Hans Coper — Masterworks by Two British Potters,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, November 15, 1994 – May 21, 1995
LITERATURE Lucie Rie/Hans Coper — Masterworks by Two British Potters, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1994, illustrated p. 24, item C75
ESTIMATE $300,000-$500,000
PROVENANCE Private Collection, New York; Christie's, Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, New York, May 16, 2007, Lot 3; Sebastian + Barquet, New York
ESTIMATE $100,000-$150,000
PROVENANCE David Gill Ltd., London
ESTIMATE $80,000-$120,000
PROVENANCE School complex, Bouqueval, France; Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris
LITERATURE Peter Sulzer, Jean Prouvé: Œuvre Complète, Volume 3: 1944-1954, Basel, 2005, pp. 104-105 for photographs and mention of the school; Galerie Patrick Seguin and Sonnabend Gallery, Jean Prouvé, Paris, 2007, pp. 545-547 and 552
Phillips de Pury
London
On the 9th of June, Phillips de Pury in New York will hold its second Design sale of 2010. Phillips has included a several contemporary pieces in their sale, and this sale could prove to be a benchmark sale for the future of the design market.
Socrates Sculpture Park
Long Island City, NY
The Long Island City Makers Market is taking place this weekend on June 5 and 6. Now in its second year, the Makers Market is a forum of convergence between design and contemporary craft set in a series of large tents in the Socrates Sculpture Park.
The London International Fine Art Fair
Koopman Rare Art & Olympia Grand Hall
The London International Fine Art Fair (formerly the Olympia Summer International Art & Antiques Fair) and an exhibition of neo-classical silver at Koopman Rare Art are both opening this week in London.
This month, we highly recommend picking up a copy of the newly released ‘Product Design in the Sustainable Era’ by Dalcacio Reis, edited by Julius Wiedemann.
In her latest article for the International Herald Tribune, Alice Rawsthorn considers some of the most important elements driving design right now including environmental sustainability, societal initiative, and scientific advances. However, she highlights the importance of lesser acknowledged creative trends focused on beauty, lusciousness, sensuality, and even fun.
In this recent article for the New York Times, Carol Vogel discusses Phillips de Pury & Company’s plans to open a new 25,000-square-foot exhibition space in New York City this autumn.
RCA
London
The first of this year’s Royal College of Art graduate summer shows will run from May 28 to June 6 at the Darwin Building in South Kensington, London.
These annual exhibitions are a fantastic chance to witness the emergence of new talents from this prestigious art and design institution.
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