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Yun Wei, Back in the Day.
WICKENBURG, AZ.- The Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg, Arizona, is hosting its nationally-acclaimed installation, Cowgirl Up! Art from the Other Half of the West Invitational Exhibition & Sale now in its 20th year. Known for spotlighting the diverse talents of women in Western art, the event continues to break boundaries with a showcase of bold and captivating works from more than 60 women artists. From contemporary ledger art and graphite portraits to large-scale sculptures and oil paintings, this years exhibition boasts an impressive array of artistic expressions that capture the grit and beauty of the West through a uniquely female lens. These are women who live the Western lifestyle every day. Opening weekend drew hundreds from across the country to Wickenburg during March 28 to 30, the dynamic weekend was filled with artist meet-and-greets, quick-draw contests, and live auctions. As part of the ongoing exhibit, visitors can cast their votes for the coveted Peo ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Laura Lima. Installation view, Balé Literal, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, April 24 - May 30, 2025. Photo by Adam Reich Courtesy the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles.
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| Bristol's Undershed unveils immersive landscapes in ScanLAB Projects' "FRAMERATE: Pulse of the Earth" | | Exhibition offers a rare insight into the career and legacy of one of Japan's most celebrated artists | | Joanna Allen Subconscious Playground opens at Bowman Sculpture in London |
FRAMERATE was created from thousands of daily 3D time-lapse scans of British landscapes painstakingly collected by ScanLAB over 2 years, allowing audiences to observe change on a scale impossible to see with the lens of a traditional camera.
BRISTOL.- Undershed, Watershed's innovative new immersive art gallery, is set to captivate audiences with its upcoming 10-week exhibition, "FRAMERATE: Pulse of the Earth," launching on Friday, May 2nd, 2025. Created by the acclaimed, award-winning artists ScanLAB Projects, the multi-sensory artwork promises a groundbreaking perspective on the impact of human-centred industry and immense forces of nature on our environment. The exhibition is generously supported by Arts Council England. "FRAMERATE: Pulse of the Earth" reimagines the traditional time-lapse, a familiar tool of natural history documentaries, by harnessing cutting-edge 3D scanning technology. This stunning installation invites viewers to pause, slow down, and consider the future and devastating beauty of our rapidly changing planet. Within a darkened space, eight screens envelop visitors in a meditative experience, showcasing mesmerizing imagery ... More | |
Awa: The Rough Seas at Naruto from Illustrated Guide to Famous Places in the 60 odd Provinces, 1855 By Utagawa Hiroshige (17971858). Colour-woodblock print. Collection of Alan Medaugh © Alan Medaugh.
LONDON.- A remarkable new exhibition at the British Museum celebrates the life, work, and legacy of Utagawa Hiroshige (17971858), one of Japan's most popular and prolific artists. Hiroshige's thoughtful and engaging way of depicting landscape, nature and daily life in Japan captivated viewers in his own day, and he continues to influence and inspire. The first exhibition on Hiroshige in London for quarter of a century, and the first ever at the British Museum, Hiroshige: artist of the open road presents this major Japanese artist through his prints, paintings, books and sketches. The great majority of the prints in the exhibition have never been displayed before, and several are believed to be the only surviving examples of their kind in the world. The exhibition marks a major gift of 35 Hiroshige prints to the American Friends of the British Museum from the collection of Alan Medaugh, a leading US collector of the artist's work. These are shown alongside 82 other stunning ... More | |
Joanna Allen Subconscious Playground at Bowman Sculpture. Courtesy of Bowman Sculpture/ Photography by Sky Sharrock.
LONDON.- Bowman Sculpture Gallery in Londons Mayfair district have unveiled the inaugural solo exhibition of emerging British contemporary sculptor Joanna Allen. Joanna Allen Subconscious Playground is the inaugural solo exhibition of Joanna Allen and features a stunning curated selection of new sculptures, drawings and paintings that delve deep into the human psyche and offer an alternative reality aligned with the subconscious. Joanna Allen is an innovative and exciting contemporary Surrealist whose work moves seamlessly between figuration and abstraction, culminating in fully abstract pieces, reflecting the shifting boundaries between our conscious and unconscious minds. Her exhibition Subconscious Playground is particularly timely, as it comes just after the Centenary of Surrealism in 2024, a century since André Breton wrote the Manifeste du Surréalisme. Through her sculptural practice, Allen examines the tension between intellectual aptitude and primal instinct, as well as the way pe ... More |
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| Do Ho Suh's 'Walk the House' transforms Tate Modern into a living, breathing home | | Christie's to offer The Collection of Baron Diego von Buch | | Alexander Rotter announced as Global President |
Do Ho Suh, Nest/s, 2024, installation view, The Genesis Exhibition: Do Ho Suh: Walk the House. Courtesy the Artist, Lehmann Maupin New York, Seoul and London and Victoria Miro. Creation supported by Genesis © Do Ho Suh. Photo © Tate (Jai Monaghan).
LONDON.- Tate Modern presents a landmark exhibition of Do Ho Suhs practice, marking the first major solo showing of his work in London for a generation. The artist invites visitors to explore his large-scale installations, sculptures, videos and drawings, asking questions about home, memory, identity and how we move through and inhabit the world around us. The exhibition surveys the breadth and depth of Suhs practice over the last three decades, spanning locations including Seoul, New York, and London the three cities he has called home, and featuring new site-specific works on display for the first time. The exhibitions title Walk the House is drawn from a Korean expression Suh heard during the construction of his childhood home in Seoul referring to the hanok a traditional Korean ... More | |
Fernand Léger, Composition au damier (Composition jaune et noir), 1929. Oil on canvas. Estimate: £600,000-800,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2025.
LONDON.- Christies will present The Collection of Baron Diego von Buch at auction in London on 5 June, 2025. Baron von Buch (1941-2023) had a long and distinguished career in global finance, having trained as an engineer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and later earning an MBA from Harvard. Spanning the 11th to the 21st centuries, the collection weaves together the rich and distinctive strands of the Barons eclectic collecting passions. Comprising approximately 100 lots from his houses in Cap Ferrat, Milan, St Moritz and London, the sale features Modern and Contemporary art, design and prints, furniture, decorative arts and silver. Estimates range from £300 to £800,000. The pre-sale exhibition in London runs from 29 May to 4 June, with all welcome. The sale is led by the first complete set of Claude Lalannes celebrated Ginkgo dining suite ... More | |
Alexander Rotter. Photo: Robert Scheuerman.
NEW YORK, NY.- Bonnie Brennan, CEO of Christies, has appointed Alexander Rotter as Global President of Christies, effective immediately. In his current role as Global Chairman of 20/21, Rotter has overseen many of the most groundbreaking moments in auction history and been instrumental in Christies growth and success. The role of Global President builds on this foundation and charges him with developing and driving the business at the highest level across all categories. A renowned and passionate expert and deal maker, Rotter will work collaboratively with Regional Presidents and Global Chairmen to develop innovative strategies for auction and private sales across individual objects and collections. Rotter will maintain his global responsibilities for 20/21 in addition to this new charge as Global President. Bonnie Brennan said: I am delighted that Alex will take on this new role as Global President, and I look forward to working with him very closely ... More |
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| Rare Alfa Romeo competition cars from motorsport's golden era join Monterey 2025 lineup | | Kristján Guðmundsson's 'Mostly Drawings' redefines minimalism at Berlin's Gallery Weekend | | Ed Templeton's 'Wires Crossed' lands at NILS STÆRK, unspooling 1990s-2000s skate culture |
Twelve historic Alfa Romeos from the golden era of motorsport to be offered at RM Sothebys Monterey 2025. Photo: RM Sotheby's. Photo: Darin Schnabel © RM Sotheby's.
MONTEREY, CA.- RM Sothebys has announced further consignments for Monterey 2025: The Quadrifoglio Collection, a remarkable group of competition Alfa Romeos. Spanning some of Autodeltas most celebrated worksfrom the dominant T33/2 Daytona to the elegant Giulietta SZ Coda Troncathese cars represent the golden era of Italian motorsport and the enduring legacy of one of the worlds most storied marques. The Quadrifoglio Collection is a window into a fiercely innovative era of motorsport history, said Jake OGorman, Car Specialist. These cars were built to compete and to win, and Monterey 2025 is the perfect venue to share themand offer them to new homes. Alfa Romeo has long been a benchmark of Italian engineering, with deep roots in international motorsport. The models in this collection reflect the brands most competitive and technically advanced era, when Autodelta was building race cars ... More | |
Kristján Guðmundsson, Helvetica Bold (If this is the birth of a picture, then the image is a question), 2025.
BERLIN.- Persons Projects presents Kristján Guðmundssons exhibition during this years Gallery Weekend in Berlin. He is one of the most important conceptual artists to emerge from Iceland. His involvement with the SÃM movement (1965-78) challenged the traditional Icelandic interpretation of art as being solely rooted in landscape painting and nature. Influenced by international artists such as Donald Judd, Richard Long, and Dieter Roth, Guðmundsson in turn questioned throughout his career what constitutes art by upending our assumptions of what it is. His minimal sculptures and wall compositions over the past six decades are composed of a wide range of materials, including graphite blocks, pencil leads, water levels, paper rolls, aluminum-framed window panes, and plastic logos. The exhibition Mostly Drawings extends his poetic exploration of the tension that exists between something and nothing. It aligns older works with newly created pieces that reexamine his minimal approach in th ... More | |
Ed Templeton, Portrait of Lance Mountain Jr., Orange County, CA, 2002. Gelatin Silver Print, 85.8 x 68.3 cm. 33.78 x 26.89 in.
COPENHAGEN.- NILS STÃRK presents Wires Crossed, a solo exhibition by Ed Templeton. Previously shown at the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht, the Long Beach Museum of Art, and Pier 24 Photography in San Francisco, the exhibition offers an unfiltered look into the raw, restless world of skateboarding culture captured through Templetons eyes between 1995 and 2012. I am a skateboarder. The people documented in this work are skateboarders. By nature, we are self-reliant and tough as nails. Most of us have a wire or two crossed in our brains that lets us continually punish ourselves in pursuit of landing a trick. There's a kinship we share that transcends race, creed, or sexual orientation because we know what it takes and understand the feeling it gives us. This work is a portrait of a people, a culture, and a time. I wanted to do a truthful study of skateboard cultureexamining its faults, celebrating its uniqueness, and sharing what it was like to exist ... More |
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| Foam exhibition marks 750 years of Amsterdam and 80 years of liberation | | Sunlit mountains meet collodion surfboards in Berggruen's revival of 19th-century techniques | | Sergey Kononov's luminous intimacies debut at Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin |
On the Way to the Soup Kitchen. Emmy Andriesse, BBWO2 / Leiden University Library.
AMSTERDAM.- In honor of Amsterdams 750th jubilee and the 80th remembrance of the Netherlands liberation, Foam presents The Underground Camera (De Ondergedoken Camera). The exhibition showcases images captured by the group of photographers who came to be known by the same name. They photographed the harsh realities of Amsterdam during the Hunger Winter of 1944-1945, offering a rare glimpse into the courageous missions of the resistance group and their role in documenting the Nazi occupation. The exhibition features work by renowned Dutch photographers such as Cas Oorthuys, Charles Breijer and Emmy Andriesse. The resistance group was led by Fritz Kahlenberg and Tonny van Renterghem. In November 1944, when the German administration banned public photography, they alongside a network of fourteen photographers worked in secrecy to document the occupation and the resistance. Their efforts, carried out at great ... More | |
Vanessa Marsh, Palm Springs 18, from the series Further to Fly, 2024. Wet plate collodion photogram. Plate: 12 x 10 inches. Framed: 16 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Berggruen Gallery is presenting Western Wave: Vanessa Marsh & Joni Sternbach, an exhibition of photography by American artists Vanessa Marsh and Joni Sternbach. Western Wave is on view from May 1 through June 19, 2025. Western Wave brings together two distinct approaches to alternative photographic processes, exploring themes of memory, landscape, and the passage of time through historical techniques. Marsh and Sternbach both embrace the physicality of their materials, using light and chemistry to create images that transcend mere representation. The exhibition features works from two of Marshs series, The Sun Beneath the Sky and Further to Fly, alongside Sternbachs Surfland and Surfboard series. Vanessa Marshs The Sun Beneath the Sky series consists of unique lumen photogramscameraless photographic landscapes created by exposing silver gelatin paper to sunlight through multiple ... More | |
Sergey Kononov, Rob, 2024. Oil on canvas, 97.5 x 82 cm.; 38 3/8 x 32 1/4 in. 100.5 x 85 x 5 cm.; 39 5/8 x 33 1/2 x 2 in. (framed).
BERLIN.- Galerie Max Hetzler is presenting Celso and the past, an exhibition of ten paintings by Sergey Kononov at BleibtreustraÃe 45 in Berlin. This is the artists first solo exhibition with the gallery. In his intimate portraits, Ukrainian painter Sergey Kononov captures quiet moments of solitude or togetherness. Light-drenched and pooled in grainy, ochre tones, Kononovs canvases exude a tenderness and familiarity reminiscent of a bygone era, thus probing the conventions of realist painting. Its important for me to capture a luminosity. I want to recreate the look of old films that grain, that warm light which Ive loved my whole life, the artist explains.1 In the present exhibition, three closely cropped portraits depict faces obscured by cascading locks of golden hair. Subsumed in their inner selves, eyes closed or cast downward in martyr-like poses, Kononovs subjects are imbued with the immediacy of photographic ... More |
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Maria J. Coltharp named Whatcom Museum Acting Executive DirectorBELLINGHAM, WA.- Mayor Kim Lund and the Whatcom Museum Foundations Board of Trustees have named Maria J. Coltharp the Whatcom Museums acting executive director, effective May 1, 2025, following outgoing Executive Director Patricia Leachs retirement on April 30. Coltharp came to the Whatcom Museum in 2019, first serving as the curator of collections and registrar, then as the director of collections and operations. As part of the museums senior leadership team, she has contributed to strategic and administrative planning and has served as a primary liaison between the Whatcom Museum Foundation which organizes and funds all exhibitions, events, and programming and the City of Bellingham, which owns the museums extensive permanent collections and two of the museums buildings. During her tenure at the Whatcom Museum, Coltharp has co-led the collections ... More Griffin Museum unveils trio of exhibitions spotlighting Korean identity, memory & diasporaWINCHESTER, MASS.- The Griffin Museum of Photography presents three compelling exhibitions that explore identity, belonging, memory, and heritage through powerful visual storytelling: New Horizons: Korean Contemporary Photography, Imprints by Timothy Hyunsoo Lee, and to you, from seoul by Nick Ortoleva. Together, these exhibitions examine deeply personal experiences that resonate with global themes offering reflection on cultural legacy, migration, and the politics of visibility. New Horizons brings together seven contemporary artists from Korea Ok Hyun Ahn, Seongyoun Koo, Anna Lim, Soosik Lim, Hyundoo Park, Jiyeon Sung, and Sun Hi Zo whose practices push the boundaries of the photographic medium and explore new modes of perception and expression. From explorations of personal and collective memory to critiques of societal norms and gendered ... More Original Morley's sign to go on display in new London MuseumLONDON.- The original red sign from the first Morleys chicken shop in Sydenham, south London has been acquired by London Museum. It is set to go on display in the museums new Smithfield home, opening in 2026. The sign was officially handed over at London Museums stores by members of the Morleys team, alongside celebrated south London musicians and entrepreneurs Krept and Konan. The donation coincides with Morleys 40th anniversary, a major milestone for the cult fried chicken brand, whose loyal fanbase has made it a south London institution. The sign will be exhibited as part of the museums Hanging Out installation which celebrates the social spaces that bring Londons communities together. Founded in 1985 by Sri Lankan-born Kannalingam "Indran" Selvendran - who moved to London from his native Colombo in the 1970s - Morleys has grown from a single ... More Design Museum to display Wes Anderson's archives for first timeLONDON.- The Design Museum today announces details of the hundreds of objects from the films of Wes Anderson which will go on display in a landmark retrospective of the work of the director later this year. The news is announced today to mark the directors birthday 1 May. The monumental candy-pink model of the Grand Budapest Hotel that was used to capture the buildings façade for the 2014 film will be one of the largest and most recognisable items in the exhibition, which opens at the Design Museum in London in November. Spanning over 3-metres in width, the model will be one of over 600 objects on display which will collectively illustrate Andersons meticulous craft of filmmaking. Across the exhibition, items will range from original storyboards, polaroids, sketches, and famed costumes worn by much-loved characters, to stop-motion puppets, miniature models, ... More Sam Moyer's 'Woman with Holes' transforms Hill Art Foundation into a dreamscape of stone and lightNEW YORK, NY.- The Hill Art Foundation is presenting Woman with Holes, opening May 1, 2025. Curated by Sam Moyer, the exhibition presents work by Moyer alongside selections from the Hill Collection. The presentation will be accompanied by a publication featuring an essay by Scout Hutchinson. The full range of Moyers work is on view, from early dyed canvas paintings to her signature stone paintingsworks comprised of reclaimed marble set into painted plasterto recent handmade paper works fabricated at Dieu Donné, a non-profit cultural institution dedicated to the creation of contemporary art using the process of hand papermaking. The exhibition is a survey of Moyers engagement with abstraction as a kind of dream logicsnippets from life only partially resurfacing, familiar forms encountered in a strange context. This incongruity defines Moyers approach ... More  Aicha Khorchid's self-taught odyssey debuts in bold life-sized portraits at GNYP GalleryBERLIN.- The image of the artist has historically been steeped in mythsuch as the classical idea of art as a calling, shaped by an inner necessity to create and an unconditional devotion to artistic expression. Today, this notion appears largely demystified. Creating art is a profession, a part of a larger system of production, marketing, and demand. Yet Aicha Khorchid shows us that this mythwue. A life in art wasnt something she had embraced from early childhoodshe only started painting five years ago. And yet she embodies many of those romantic ideas that reality so often seems to disprove. It wasnt an academy or a desire for recognition that made her an artist, but life itself. From this stems the necessity of her creative processthe inseparability of her experiences and their artistic expression. Born in 1981 in Karachi, Pakistan, her family fled to France via Lebanon when she was still an infant. ... More Art Gallery of Ontario eyes Latin American photography as Recuerdo opens TORONTO.- Memory and history collide in Recuerdo: Latin American Photography at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), opening May 2, 2025. A deep exploration of the AGOs photography collection, Recuerdo presents over 100 works that capture diverse dimensions of Latin America, as seen through the lens of foundational Latin American image-makers, artists based in the diaspora, and Canadian photographers who have deeply engaged with the region. Ranging from self-portraits, landscapes, architectural studies, and searing political reportage, the exhibition marks the debut of recently acquired and previously unseen works. Curated by Marina Dumont-Gauthier, AGO Curatorial Assistant, Photography, the exhibition stems from her exploration of the AGO photography collection. 'My starting point was the question does Latin American refer to works done in Latin America, by Latin American makers, ... More Focus on Women: Timed online sale closing May 15NEW YORK, NY.- This years Focus on Women auction gathers together important archives, first edition books, fine art, craft art, vernacular photography and more in a sale that celebrates womens grit and power. The sale will be a timed online auction open for bidding Friday, May 1 through Thursday, May 15 and will begin closing at 12 PM EST. Bidding is available on the Swann Galleries App and on live.swanngalleries.com. The sale is led by a large archive related to groundbreaking dancer and choreographer Katherine Dunham which includes correspondence, material related to her extensive European and American tours, and photographs ($20,000-30,000). Additional manuscript material of note is a collection of 160 letters written by golden-age actress Olivia de Havilland while in Paris to her Lady in a Cage co-star Bill Swan is on offer ($5,000-7,000), as well as an autograph letter ... More Major retrospective of Colombian artist Olga de Amaral opens at ICA MiamiMIAMI, FLA.- A major retrospective of pioneering fiber artist Olga de Amaral (b. 1932, Bogotá, Colombia) opened at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami) this spring, bringing together over 50 works from six decades, and featuring recent and historical examples, some of which have never been presented outside of her home country. Presented in collaboration with the Fondation Cartier pour lart contemporain in Paris, Olga de Amaral reveals the breadth and complexity of the artists practice, highlighting crucial periods in the development of her career as she moved from colorful explorations of the grid to experiments with materiality and scale. On view May 1 through October 12, the Miami presentation is organized by former Fondation Cartier curator Marie Perennès and Stephanie Seidel, ICA Miamis Monica and Blake Grossman Curator, after a tremendous ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci died May 02, 1519. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (I15 April 1452 - 2 May 1519), more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian Renaissance polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. In this image: Codex Forster 1¹, 6v-7r, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), pen and ink, Italy (Florence), about 1505, V&A: Forster MS.141/1, Forster Bequest. © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum.
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