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Figures from Keith Harings mural from the Grace House in New York now in an exhibit Keith Haring: Grace House Mural, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver. The owner offered to loan the work to the museum, and its director agreed. In Denver, original works by the artist, who died of AIDS in 1990 at age 31, are rare. Wes Magyar via The New York Times.
by Ray Mark Rinaldi
DENVER (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The exhibit Keith Haring: Grace House Mural may not add up to the happy ending the Keith Haring Foundation envisioned for the sprawling 85-foot-long masterpiece the artist painted nearly four decades ago at a Manhattan youth center. Though it might be, at least in the short-term, happy enough. After all, the show does return to public view the action-packed artwork that Haring installed in one evening along the Grace Houses three-story stairwell, a gift for the teenagers who frequented the Catholic-run nonprofit on the Upper West Side. Working for just two hours, the artist left behind several of his signature moves. Radiant baby, barking dog, dancing man they were all included in this upbeat parade of faceless figures ascending the steps. The murals future fell into doubt when the shelter closed in 2016 and its operator, the Church of the Ascension, sold the building, rejecting pleas by the foundation to secure a buyer who would maintain the work. Instea ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 14: A 1970 Porsche 917 K which was featured as the 'winning car' in Steve McQueen's Le Mans is on display during a press preview of Sotheby's Monterey Auction highlights at Sotheby's on July 14, 2021 in New York City. Cindy Ord/Getty Images/AFP. Cindy Ord / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP.
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| Art meets its soundtrack deep in 'The Dirty South' | | Lark Mason Associates Fine & Decorative Art Sales rings up $511,390 | | French artist Christian Boltanski dies aged 76 |
Summer Breeze (2008) by Paul Stephen Benjamin, exhibited at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Va., July 6, 2021. Brian Palmer/The New York Times.
by Holland Cotter
RICHMOND (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Some of the countrys most candidly truth-telling museums dedicated to the civil rights movement, and by extension to Black history, are in cities south of the Mason-Dixon Line: Jackson, Mississippi; Memphis, Tennessee; and Montgomery, Alabama among them. Which suggests that old, sweeping views of the South as a bastion of stuck-in-past political denial are, and have always been, wrong. Yet large-scale museum surveys of art from and about the South are scarce. Its as if the mainstream art world specifically navel-gazing, Europhilic New York didnt know, or believe, or care that whole, rich art cultures were unfolding in Atlanta, Houston and New Orleans. One of the few recent broad-spectrum shows to tackle the subject was Southern Accent ... More | |
An 18th century Tibetan Gilt Bronze Seated Bodhisattva, sold for $40,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- International collectors from Malibu to Beijing brought the total of the Fine and Decorative Arts sale presented by Lark Mason Associates on igavelauctions.com to $511,390 including buyers premium. A Patek Phillipe 18k white gold Nautilus wristwatch, with the original certificate and box, circa 2009, led the charge when it soared past its $3,000-$5,000 estimate, hammering $53,750. Among the top lotsmany of which belonged to a private collector from Connecticutthat attracted attention was an 18th century Tibetan Gilt Bronze Seated Bodhisattva that sold for $40,000 ten times over its low estimate of $4,000; Female Nude by Emile-Louis Foubert which rang up $18,750, over its $2,000-5,000 estimate, setting the auction record for the artist; two paintings: Snow and Mountain (1925) and Twilight (1941), by Birger Sandzen, the Swedish American artist, each hammering $30,000; an Album of 20 Chinese Paintings, Figure ... More | |
In this file photo taken on November 9, 2009 French artist Christian Boltanski poses in his atelier in Malakoff, south of Paris. Joël SAGET / AFP.
by Philippe Grelard
PARIS (AFP).- Christian Boltanski, one of France's top contemporary artists whose multimedia works probed the meaning of mortality and memory, has died aged 76, a former museum director told AFP on Sunday. "He was sick. He was a private man who hid things as long as he could," said Bernard Blistene, former director of the Pompidou museum which hosted an exhibition of Boltanski's work last year. Boltanski, whose death in Paris's Cochin hospital was first reported by Le Monde newspaper, often mixed banal daily objects with photographs, videos and sculpture, while at other times creating monumental installations. His self-described works of "naive psychoanalysis" include the recorded heartbeats of thousands of people on a remote Japanese island, a moving walkway with pictures of hundreds ... More |
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| The National Gallery appoints Selldorf Architects-led design team to work on NG200 project | | Sotheby's to auction 1995 custom made 'Space Jam' Air Jordans | | Exhibition presents works by artists who use the language of Minimalism and abstraction |
Annabelle Selldorf, photo by Harry Mitchell.
LONDON.- The National Gallery has today (14 July 2021) announced that a team led by Selldorf Architects has been selected to work on a suite of capital projects to mark its Bicentenary, with an initial phase to be completed in 2024. Selldorf Architects team also includes Purcell, Vogt Landscape, Arup, AEA Consulting, Pentagram, Kaizen and Kendrick Hobbs. Based in New York, Selldorf Architects has considerable experience within the arts and culture sector across the UK, Europe, and the US. It counts among its current and previous clients: The Frick Collection, Luma Arles, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Neue Galerie New York, the Clark Art Institute, David Zwirner, Hauser & Wirth, Frieze Masters, and the Venice Art Biennale. The Selldorf Architects-led team will work with the National Gallery to complete the initial phase of works to its Trafalgar Square buildings to greatly i ... More | |
Michael Jordan Signed Player Sample Deadstock Air Jordan 11 Space Jam. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Dropping just in time for the release of Space Jam: A New Legacy, the sequel to the iconic 90s film starring Michael Jordan, Sothebys is offering Michael Jordan Signed Player Sample Deadstock Air Jordan 11 Space Jam sneakers in a special single-lot, online auction. Created in 1995 and named to commemorate the smash hit film Space Jam, which was released in 1996, the never-before-worn sneakers are among the rarest, most-coveted Air Jordans in existence. One of only a handful known to exist, the present pair were made to Jordans specifications, and are the same model that Jordan wore throughout the famous finale basketball game in Space Jam. On offer in a custom designed wood and velvet box, the pair is estimated to achieve $150/200,000. Titled MJs Secret Stuff | The Space Jam Jordans, referencing the special water bottle used by the Toon Squad to defeat the Monstars ... More | |
Trevor Paglen, Trinity Cube, 2017. Irradiated glass from Fukushima, 8" à 7-3/4" à 7-7/8" (20.3 cm à 19.7 cm à 20 cm). © Trevor Paglen, courtesy Pace Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- Pace Gallery is presenting a group exhibition that looks at the ways in which a wide range of artists from the early 2000s to present day use the language of Minimalism and abstraction to distill complex subjects into forms that reveal new frameworks of meaning, revelation, and resistance for the here and now. Curated by Senior Director and Curator Andria Hickey, the exhibition spans two floors of Paces gallery at 540 West 25th Street and brings together 18 international artists from within and beyond the gallerys program, including: Etel Adnan, Yto Barrada, Aria Dean, Simon Denny, Torkwase Dyson, Sam Gilliam, Suki Seokyeong Kang, Kapwani Kiwanga, Alicja Kwade, Tony Lewis, Rodney McMillian, Trevor Paglen, Walid Raad, Adrián Villar Rojas, Hito Steyerl, Rayyane Tabet, Jessica Vaughn, and Fred Wilson. Showcasing a wide range of media as ... More |
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| Phillips to offer Sound of Color, an NFT collaboration between artist ThankYouX and composer Hans Zimmer | | Hundreds flock to Washington Monument for reopening | | Women who shaped modern photography |
The three works are a true joint venture between the two creators. The audio components go so far as including sounds created by ThankYouX as he paints. Image courtesy of Phillips.
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips will offer Sound of Color, a series of NFTs created through a groundbreaking collaboration between contemporary artist ThankYouX and renowned composer Hans Zimmer. Open for bidding from 20-23 July, the series features three unique NFTs, offered separately, which tell the story of an artistic journey as it evolves over time. The works will be on view at Phillips new headquarters at 432 Park Avenue in New York from 16-23 July, with a meet-and-greet featuring ThankYouX on 20 July from 5-7pm ET. The visuals of each NFT feature the abstract cube imagery for which ThankYouX has come to be known, set against a unique musical score created specifically for the project by the award-winning composer Hans Zimmer, bringing to life a narrative of artistic struggle thats both deeply personal and universally understood. The three works are a true joint venture between the two creators. The audio components go so far ... More | |
The Washington Monument is seen on the National Mall as it reopens on July 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. The Washington Monument has been closed for the last six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/AFP.
WASHINGTON (AFP).- The towering Washington Monument reopened Wednesday to hundreds of visitors as the US capital commits to bringing back tourists after months of Covid-related closures. More than 500 visitors reserved tickets for opening day, the National Parks Service said, enjoying spectacular views across the city of 700,000 from the top of the world's tallest obelisk. The 555-foot (170-meter) landmark has been closed intermittently throughout the pandemic, shuttering in March 2020 to reopen for a window in the fall. In January, the monument closed as a security measure for President Joe Biden's inauguration and remained closed under Covid-19 restrictions. "I don't think I've ever been that high in my life," said Abe Cain, 19, whose family were visiting from the West Coast. Once the Cains discovered tickets went on sale Tuesday morning, they jumped straight online, they said. Sightseer Grace ... More | |
Irene Bayer-Hecht, Female Student with Beach Ball, ca. 1925. Gelatin silver print. Image: 4 1/8 Ã 3 1/16 in. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
by Blake Gopnik
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Sometime in the 1930s, Hungarian photographer Anna Barna shot Onlooker, a picture of a boy standing on a chair seen from behind as he peers over a palisade. As his shadow stretches out across the planks blocking his way, it takes the shape of a bearded profile that reads as a second onlooker in the shot. A bit further off stands yet a third looker who, though quite invisible in the image, was very much present in the mind of any prewar viewer who saw the shots photo credit: That looker is Anna Barna, a woman who has dared to pick up the camera that would normally have been held by a man. Like all the camera-wielding women of her era, Barna made a bold move that gave her a powerful cultural presence. That presence is on display in The New Woman Behind the Camera, an inspired and inspiring exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art ... More |
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| New exhibition explores beginnings of the Nelson-Atkins | | UOVO expands to San Francisco and Denver | | Roland Gebhardt's Minimalist sculptures on view in solo show at David Richard Gallery |
Laurence Sickman Papers, MSS 001, Museum Archives. Laurence Sickman at market in Luoyang, China, 1934.
KANSAS CITY, MO.- The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City opened its doors in 1933, but the collection was beginning to be built at a frantic pace three years prior. The new exhibition, Origins: Collecting to Create the Nelson-Atkins, explores the very beginnings of the collection as well as the people who made choices about what types of art to collect, the challenges and opportunities of acquiring art during the Great Depression, and the vast diversity of the museums first objects. The international upheaval of the Great Depression actually compelled dealers and collectors to sell their art, which made the museums earliest acquisitions possible, said Julián Zugazagoitia, Menefee D. and Mary Louise Blackwell CEO & Director of the Nelson-Atkins. This exhibition deeply explores the economic, political, and cultural context of the 1930s and its impact on the collecting of art during that time period. The ... More | |
A UOVO private room. Photo: Halkin/Mason Photography.
NEW YORK, NY.- UOVO announced that it has acquired Ship/Art International and Ship Art-Terry Dowd, two of the most reputable art logistics companies in the United States. The acquisitions of Ship/Art and Ship Art-Terry Dowd build upon UOVOs recent expansion to South Florida and Delaware, adding facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area and Denver metropolitan region, along with a robust suite of services, to its offerings. Founded in 1987, Ship/Art is a heritage brand that has been serving the Bay Areas top institutions, private collectors, and galleries for more than three decades. In 2017, Ship/Art Denver and Terry Dowd, Inc. joined forces as Ship Art-Terry Dowd, offering high-level art logistics services to the Denver metropolitan region. Together, the two companies have excelled in the storing, handling, packing, and shipping of artworks and antique collections. UOVOs acquisition of Ship/Art and Ship Art-Terry Dowd comes at an excit ... More | |
Installation View: Roland Gebhardt, Diverse Vocabularies. © Roland Gebhardt, Courtesy David Richard Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- David Richard Gallery is presenting Diverse Vocabularies by Roland Gebhardt in his second solo exhibition with the Gallery in New York. The common thread in this presentation is the artists ongoing systematic exploration of voids in various sculptural objects. The sculptures in this presentation are made of natural or painted wood and range from free-standing floor works to pedestal pieces and wall sculptures. There are 4 additional wall sculptures comprised of paper, cut voids and matte black paint all hung from wood cleats. The nuance, and first of two curatorial foci in the presentation, is how the voids are realized, either literally as a dimensional void (or cut) in the material of an object or, the shape of the void painted graphically in matte black paint on the surface of the object. There are 15 artworks and installation pieces in the current presentation. Four ... More |
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One-of-a-kind movie poster from 'Alien' designer H.R. Giger seizes spotlight in Heritage Auctions' movie poster event
DALLAS, TX.- Call it the filmmaking version of swinging for the fences and delivering. For some films, generating box office results and critical acclaim starts with the casting of high-profile stars in the cast and a big-money publicity campaign. But smaller, independent films need to find other ways in which to generate attention. The producers and director of 1984's Future-Kill bridged that gap through a poster created by H.R. Giger, whose most famous films were the Alien series for which he won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. Director Ronald Moore landed Edwin Neal and Marilyn Burns, co-stars in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, to star in his film, but felt it needed another significant player to really take off. "Once we finished the film, we decided that instead ... More
A 'rogue ballerina' gives a candid account of ballet culture
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The brave part wasnt writing the book. The brave thing, Georgina Pazcoguin said in an interview, is going to be walking into the rehearsal studio Aug. 3. Like many ballet dancers these days (or so it seems), Pazcoguin has written a memoir. Hers is not timid. In Swan Dive: The Making of a Rogue Ballerina, this New York City Ballet soloist writes candidly about Peter Martins, the companys former leader she refers to him as her psychological abuser as well as staff members and dancers, including Amar Ramasar, one of the male principals who lost his job after a photo-sharing scandal in 2018 and was later reinstated. Some of the experiences Pazcoguin relates are disturbing; others are just plain weird. She writes that for years, Ramasar would greet her in class by sidling up close, whispering, You look fine today, eyes locked on my ... More
Vintage posters at Swann August 5
NEW YORK, NY.- Swann Galleries seasonal offering of Vintage Posters is at auction Thursday, August 5. The sale will include the customary slate of advertisements and design with exceptional examples of French artists, World War I and World War II propaganda, the Olympic Games, transportation and more. Leading the sale is Charles Loupot with Les Cigarettes Mekka, 1919, a lavish and vivid scene of a woman lounging in orange advertising the French cigarette brand ($15,000-20,000); as well as Loupots Cailler / Chocolat Au Lait, 1921, ($8,000-12,000); and PKZ / Burger Kehl & C., 1921 ($6,000-9,000). Among German artists present are Kurt Schwitters & Theo van Doesburg with Kleine Dada Soirée, 1922, a poster for the first event held at the Haagsche Kunstkring in the Hague in the duos traveling Dada show ($10,000-15,000); a rare poster for the 1924 film Die Stadt ... More
Compound announces official opening and free admission
LONG BEACH, CA.- Compound, an expansive new cultural complex exploring the intersection of contemporary art, wellness, and community, announced it will be open to the public from Thursday to Sunday from 12:00PM to 7:00PM beginning today. Admission to Compound exhibitions and daily wellness classes is free but on-site capacity is limited to reservations, which can be made here. Upcoming programs include Free Flow Vinyasa Yoga with Samantha Parks, Breathwork with Sabrina Rollo presented by the Energetic Residency, Healers in Residence: Planting with Courtney Warwick, and Poetry as Alchemy with Artist Shelley Bruce featuring Tonya Ingram. From the very beginning, we dreamed of creating a place that is affirming, inclusive, and open. We are thrilled to finally open our doors and welcome in our community to hold space, heal, grow, and feel a sense of belonging ... More
Federer memorabilia net $4.7 million at auction
GENEVA (AFP).- Roger Federer may have seen his dreams of Olympic gold dashed this week, but he can celebrate that t-shirts, racquets, and shoes from his trophy-laden tennis career proved a treasure trove at auction. The sports legend saw every single item that went under the hammer at a two-phased Christie's auction sold, raking in £3.4 million ($4.7 million, 3.98 million euros). The combined proceeds from an online and a live auction -- over three times more than his £1-million target -- will go to the Roger Federer Foundation, which supports educational projects in southern Africa and his native Switzerland. "I am overwhelmed by the generosity and enthusiasm of the support from around the world," Federer said in a statement. The auction of items the 20-time Grand Slam winner's career happened in two phases. A live sale on June 23 in London focused on Federer's career ... More
Britain, Australia brace for UNESCO world heritage rulings
PARIS (AFP).- The world heritage committee of the UN's cultural agency UNESCO begins debating Friday its list of World Heritage sites, with Australia and Britain furious over looming changes to the status of the Great Barrier Reef and Liverpool city. Nearly 50 new sites could be added to the over 1,100 listed worldwide by UNESCO as World Heritage, during two weeks of online meetings hosted by China. The agenda is particularly heavy after last year's meeting was cancelled because of the Covid pandemic. The prestigious World Heritage label can be a boon for tourism while encouraging governments to protect cultural or environmental treasures, under the watchful eye of UNESCO advisers. But addition isn't permanent, and sites can also be stripped of their status or be warned they are at risk. The agency's expert committee will be examining the state of conservation of around 250 ... More
Hollywood flurry lifts Greek film industry hopes
THESSALONIKI (AFP).- A burly man in a buzz-cut crosses a busy street, nearly running into a passing cab. Nearby, two Miami police officers monitor a bustling crowd beside their squad car. The man is Spanish actor Antonio Banderas and standing in for the Magic City is Greeces northern metropolis Thessaloniki where Millennium Media, producers of "The Expendables" series, are shooting their latest action flick. Banderas' new outing, "The Enforcer", is one of several high-profile shoots taking shape in the midst of an uncharacteristic flurry for Greeces film industry, which reopened from a pandemic lockdown just in May. The busy summer schedule includes Bond star Daniel Craig in the sequel to the surprise 2019 murder mystery hit "Knives Out" under director Rian Johnson, and David Cronenberg's sci-fi whodunit "Crimes of the Future", starring Viggo Mortensen. Disney+ had ... More
Casablanca hip-hop comes to Cannes
CASABLANCA (AFP).- Nabil Ayouch says he can barely believe his movie, "Casablanca Beats", is the first Moroccan film in almost 60 years to compete for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. It is as if "I was a child and I've passed a bakery with a lovely chocolate eclair in the window that I've never been allowed to have -- and now finally I can," the director told AFP. His is only the second Moroccan film ever chosen for the official selection at Cannes, after Abdelaziz Ramdani's "Ames et rythmes" back in 1962. "Casablanca Beats" -- the French-Moroccan director's seventh feature -- is about young people seeking an outlet through hip hop. "They have so many stories to tell but not the tools to do it," said Ayouch, 52. It is set in Sidi Moumen, a rundown district made infamous in 2003 after a group of radicalised local youth carried out suicide bombings in the city, killing 33 people. ... More
Chuno, the Andean secret to making potatoes last decades
MACHACAMARCA (AFP).- It's seven o'clock in the morning on Bolivia's altiplano, and through the morning fog is visible an uneven carpet of thousands of potatoes, spread out in front of a water tank near a house. It's a common sight at farms in Machacamarca, a small village to the south of La Paz. "This is how we make chuno," says Prudencia Huanca, 52, referring to a traditional dehydration practice which allows potatoes to be eaten decades after they are dug up -- without losing their nutritional properties. Huanca and her husband Egberto Mamani, 56, produce chuno from the potatoes they grow on a small piece of land about an hour from the capital. Chuno comes from the indigenous Aymara word ch'unu. It is also practiced in Peru, but its origins are uncertain. Before the pandemic, this farming couple worked in tourism in La Paz, but that work dried up when ... More
Lights, action, Luxembourg: Cinema's crush on Vicky Krieps
CANNES (AFP).- Vicky Krieps from tiny Luxembourg is headed for the big time, with a busy schedule of blockbusters in the pipeline and two official selections at the Cannes film festival. Since acting opposite movie monument Daniel Day-Lewis in "Phantom Thread" in 2017, Krieps and her trademark, lightly German-accented delivery has become one of the hottest properties in the film world. She will soon be in multiplexes with "Old", the new mystery thriller from "Sixth Sense" director M. Night Shymalan, and will also star in Netflix drama "Beckett" alongside John David Washington, and "The Survivor", a biographical drama by Barry Levinson. In the meantime, she is at the ongoing Cannes festival with two films, including one by French director Mia Hansen-Love, who teamed her up with British star Tim Roth in "Bergman Island". The film tells the story of a couple, both movie directors, looking for ... More
Ryuichi Sakamoto on life, nature and 'Time'
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Ryuichi Sakamoto is in Tokyo for the summertime rainy season. A New York resident for more than 30 years, the Oscar-winning composer has been in Japan since last November not because of the pandemic, but because of a diagnosis of rectal cancer, discovered just after he went into remission after several years of treatment for throat cancer. Despite his health problems, Sakamoto has been as prolific as ever, participating in concerts, exhibitions and most recently an opera, Time, which premiered last month at the Holland Festival. Time is part of Sakamotos ongoing exploration of asynchronism, music arranged outside traditional time structures. Introduced on his 2017 album async, the concept was conceived as he recovered from his first bout with cancer an experience that he has said newly honed his ear to the ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, English painter Joshua Reynolds was born July 16, 1723. Sir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA (16 July 1723 - 23 February 1792) was an English painter, specialising in portraits. John Russell said he was one of the major European painters of the 18th Century. He promoted the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect. In this image: Portrait of Dr John Ash' by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1788) Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.
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