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Capt. Blake Ruehrwein, center, a cultural heritage preservation officer, studies documentation from the Monuments Men of World War II with Lisa Pilosi, head of objects conservation at the Met, during a training session with members of the 353rd Civil Affairs Command at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, June 3, 2023. Curators are teaching military officers to save imperiled treasures abroad, but their efforts to credit Ukrainian artists have been met with a mixed response. (Gregg Vigliotti/The New York Times)
by Zachary Small
NEW YORK, NY.- Twenty men and women in military fatigues huddled around a 19th-century painting of a fiery sunset at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a recent Saturday afternoon. They leaned toward the vivid picture of the Ukrainian wilderness as their tour guide spoke. The weaponization of art history, Alison Hokanson, associate curator of European paintings, told them, is the weaponization of objects but also the weaponization of the stories that are told through these objects. The visit of a reserve unit, the 353rd Civil Affairs Command, based on Staten Island, was part of the Armys revived program to deploy officers with arts training in a military capacity to save works in conflict zones a new generation of the Monuments Men who recovered millions of European treasures looted by the Nazis during World War II. The program was announced three years ago but interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and bureaucratic hurdles. Now Capt. Blake Ruehrwein, an Air Force ve ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Kunsthalle Basel opened an exhibition by British artist P. Staff. The show incorporates all new works in video, sculpture, and installation. As their largest solo show to date, it weaves trans poetics, mysticism, and necropolitics to construct an exhibition at once atmospheric and haunting.
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| From bronze in motion to fake iron trees: Public art at Art Basel | | Rembrandt's masterpiece on show at Rijksmuseum | | Early JMW Turner watercolour comes to market for first time |
A handout photo shows Ai Weiweis cast-iron sculpture Iron Tree, which was erected in 2017 in one of Basels oldest squares, Münsterplatz. (Art Basel via The New York Times)
by Farah Nayeri
BASEL.- The intervention lasted nearly a week. In June 2016, couples getting married at the civil registry in Basel, Switzerland, were treated to a rowdy and wholly unexpected all-day spectacle in the gardens of the building: South African artist Tracey Rose dressed up as a bride, singing, crying and reciting poetry in the company of a drag queen. But Rose didnt just happen to be there. She had been commissioned to put on a performance for the public-art section of Art Basel, the worlds biggest contemporary art fair, which has been held in the Swiss city since 1970. The fair is programmed in June of every year, except in 2020, when it was canceled because of the pandemic, and in 2021, when it was held in September. The performance was, logistically speaking, a challenge, said Samuel Leuenberger, who had ... More | |
The Standard Bearer. Photo: Rijksmuseum/Olivier Middendorp.
AMSTERDAM.- Following a national tour, Rembrandts masterpiece The Standard Bearer (1636) is unveiled in the Gallery of Honour at the Rijksmuseum today where it will go on permanent display alongside the artists celebrated Night Watch (1642). The ceremony was performed by 8 classes of schoolchildren who have designed their own banners to celebrate the historic acquisition. On Saturday 17 June the Rijksmuseum will be free for the day for people to see the painting which has recently been acquired for the national collection. The Standard Bearer, one of the last masterpieces by Rembrandt which remained in private hands, was acquired for the Rijksmuseum thanks to a grant of 150m from the Dutch government and further contributions from the Rembrandt Association, the VriendenLoterij and the Rijksmuseum Fonds. The Standard Bearer is inextricably linked to the history of the Netherlands. Standard-bearers were positioned ahead of th ... More | |
Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA British, 1775-1851, Charles Monros House at Finchley (detail). Watercolour, signed lower right 22 x 29cm.
SURREY.- An early watercolour by JMW Turner RA (British, 1775-1851), consigned by the descendants of the patron for whom it was painted, comes to auction at Ewbanks in Surrey on June 22 estimated at £30,000-50,000. Charles Monro's House at Finchley (1793-4), is a 22 x 29cm, signed, mounted and framed corner view of an imposing mansion set among trees. It depicts the home of the brother of Turners patron Dr Thomas Monro (1759-1833), a serious collector who also supported Peter De Wint, Thomas Girtin and John Sell Cotman, among others, and established an academy and what became known as The Monro Circle of artists. Dr Monro rose to prominence, not just as a patron and art collector, but also as one-time consulting physician to King George III. The painting, whose subject was the home of his elder brother Charles, passed to Charless son and namesake, before descending through the family ... More |
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| Dee Dee Ramone's iconic stage-worn leather jacket & punk art takes center stage at music auction | | A Mexico City design landmark, reborn as something else | | National Portrait Gallery presents "One Life: Frederick Douglass" |
Dee Dee Ramone and CJ Ramone Stage-Worn Schott Leather Jacket. Iconic Ramones leather jacket, stage-worn by Dee Dee and CJ Ramone from circa 1983 until the band's retirement in 1996, amongst other lots from the sale.
BOSTON, MASS.- RR Auction's Marvels of Modern Music sale is set to captivate music enthusiasts with an impressive collection of music memorabilia hitting the auction block. Topping the list of extraordinary items is none other than Dee Dee Ramone's Iconic Stage-Worn Leather Jacket, a cherished symbol of punk rock history. This leather jacket, worn by the legendary Ramones bassist during his electrifying performances, stands as a testament to the rebellious spirit that defined the band's revolutionary sound. Having acquired the jacket in 1985, Dee Dee Ramone swiftly transformed it into his battle armor for Ramones concerts. From the explosive chords of "Blitzkrieg Bop" to the frenzied energy of "I Wanna Be Sedated," this iconic garment bore witness to the Ramones' groundbreaking sonic assaults. After Dee Dee's ... More | |
A photo provided by Ramiro Chaves shows An Impending Disaster (collaborations), by Claudia Comte, part of the Desert Flood exhibition at LagoAlgo in Mexico City. (Ramiro Chaves via The New York Times)
by Ray Mark Rinaldi
MEXICO CITY.- Like a lot of good ideas, the concept for LagoAlgo was hatched over a few drinks between friends. In this case, tequila. Cristobal Riestra, one of Mexico Citys top art dealers, was relaxing with JoaquÃn Vargas, one of its busiest restaurateurs, at the height of the pandemic shutdown. Vargas mentioned that he was planning to relaunch a cafe in Chapultepec Park and wanted to make contemporary art part of the mix. Art is something that Riestra, the owner of Gallery OMR, a city stalwart for 40 years, knows plenty about. What started as an invitation to do a temporary pop-up quickly grew into a shared pledge to create a full-blown partnership in what they envisioned as a new kind of attraction, where world-class exhibitions and forward-thinking gastronomy had equal parts, as Riestra explained. ... More | |
Frederick Douglass, Artist: Unidentified Artist. Wood engraving on paper, 1883. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
WASHINGTON, DC .- The Smithsonians National Portrait Gallery will present One Life: Frederick Douglass, an exhibition exploring the life and legacy of one of the 19th centurys most influential writers, speakers and intellectuals. Douglass was a radical activist who devoted his life to abolitionism and rights for all. This exhibition shows the intimate relationship between art and protest through prints, photographs and ephemera. One Life: Frederick Douglass is guest curated by John Stauffer, the Sumner R. and Marshall S. Kates Professor of English and African and African American Studies at Harvard University, and consulting curator Ann Shumard, the National Portrait Gallerys senior curator of photographs. To mark the beginning of the Juneteenth holiday weekend, the exhibition will open on June 16 in the museums One Life Gallery on the second floor and remain on view until April 21, 2024. Frederick Doug ... More |
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| World Trade Center arts space to open with music, theater and dance | | Asian Cultural Council Board of Trustees elect Josie Cruz Natori as Chairman | | Mastering the Market: Dutch and Flemish Paintings from Woburn Abbey |
The Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center site in New York, May 18, 2023. (Victor Llorente/The New York Times)
by Robin Pogrebin
NEW YORK, NY.- As the marble-clad, cube-like Perelman Performing Arts Center has taken shape at the World Trade Center site, questions have swirled about what will actually happen inside. Some answers came on Wednesday, when the center announced a first year of programming that will feature original work, including the premiere of an autobiographical play written by and starring actor Laurence Fishburne called Like They Do in the Movies, as well as partnerships, including with the Tribeca Festival. Bill Rauch, the centers artistic director, said the roster was deliberately eclectic. We much want to give many different audiences many different reasons to come into our building, he said in a telephone interview, adding that PAC NYC as the center is ... More | |
Josie Cruz Natori, new Chairman of the Asian Cultural Council. Image Credit: Andrew Egan.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Asian Cultural Council (ACC) Board of Trustees has announced the election of Josie Cruz Natori as its new Chairman. Natori has served on ACCs board since 1995 and, in 2000, she helped establish the ACC Philippines Foundation and ACCs affiliate office in Manilaone of ACCs five global officeswhere she also serves on the board. She succeeds Wendy ONeill, who served on ACCs Board since 2009 and as Chairman since 2012. ONeill was named a Life Trustee at the ACC Board meeting in May. ACC Executive Director Judy Kim said, Josie Cruz Natori has been a stalwart champion of ACCs mission, generously sharing both her deep-seated passion for the arts and her business acumen for over two decades. On behalf of the staff and alumni, we celebrate our distinguished Trustee in her new role as Chairman. We also express our profound gratitude to Wendy ONeill for her co ... More | |
Portrait of a bearded old man, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635-8 © From the Woburn Abbey Collection.
BIRMINGHAM.- This summer, the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham, will showcase a dazzling selection of Dutch and Flemish 17th-century masterpieces from Woburn Abbey, the ancestral home of the Dukes of Bedford. Featuring a dozen Old Master paintings, the exhibition Mastering the Market: Dutch and Flemish Paintings from Woburn Abbey (17 June 24 September 2023) is one of the largest and most significant group of such works from this important ducal collection to be exhibited in a public gallery since the 1950s. Mastering the Market, which focuses on the themes of patronage and collecting, is curated by four Art History and Curating MA students from the University, with guidance and supervision from experts at both the Barber Institute and Woburn Abbey. Other aspects of the innovative and dynamic 17th-century Dutch art market will also be explored from the unique char ... More |
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| Robert Gottlieb, eminent editor from le Carré to Clinton, dies at 92 | | Phillips' London 20th Century to Now Sale includes items from Collection of Thomas B. Lemann | | French lyrical abstract painter Olivier Debré on view at Simon Lee Gallery |
The literary editor Robert Gottlieb, at home in Manhattan on Sept. 9, 2016. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)
by Robert D. McFadden
NEW YORK, NY.- Robert Gottlieb, an illustrious editor at Simon & Schuster, Alfred A. Knopf and The New Yorker whose deft touch shaped a bibliophiles library of novels, nonfiction books and magazine articles by a pantheon of acclaimed writers from the middle to the late 20th century, died Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 92. The death, at a hospital, was confirmed by his wife, Maria Tucci. Gottlieb edited novels by, among many others, John le Carré, Toni Morrison, John Cheever, Joseph Heller, Doris Lessing and Chaim Potok; science fiction by Michael Crichton and Ray Bradbury; histories by Antonia Fraser and Barbara Tuchman; memoirs by former President Bill Clinton and Katharine Graham, the former publisher of The ... More | |
Tancredi Parmeggiani, Quando Il Sole E Colorato, 1958.
LONDON.- Phillips is pleased to announce highlights from the London 20th Century to Now sale. Featuring a strong combination of blue-chip 20th century masters and post-war works alongside an impressive array of ultra-contemporary pieces, the sale is comprised of 116 lots that represent the extraordinary depth of this cross-category offering. Leading the auction is an exceptionally striking 1967 white Lucio Fontana painting, from the artists iconic Tagli series. Also featuring in this sale is a remarkable group from the collection of Thomas B. Lemann. Contemporary highlights include Elizabeth Peytons 1998 portrait of Prince Harry and a Sarah Lucas sculpture from her Bunny series, as well as works by a new generation of artists living and working in the UK, including Antonia Showering, Caroline Walker, Sahara Longe, Emma Cousin, Benjamin Spiers, and George Rouy. The sale will ... More | |
Olivier Debre, Untitled, c. 1990. Oil on canvas, 180 x 180 cm (70 7/8 x 70 7/8 in.). Sebastiano Pellion di Persano.
LONDON.- 'A painting, however far removed from what it is agreed to call the representation of the world, remains an image of it.' Olivier Debré.Simon Lee Gallery is currently presenting an exhibition of works by French lyrical abstract painter Olivier Debré (19201999). Spanning two gallery floors, the exhibition explores the artists fervent colour-field paintings produced from 1980 to 1999, the pinnacle of Debrés practice, when he deftly captured the emotional experiences of natural phenomena and the outside world. It was after witnessing the horrors of the Second World War that Debré pivoted away from his architectural training at the Ãcole des Beaux Arts in Paris to focus on painting, seeking inspiration and refuge in the natural world. His visual language and painterly approach drew on the immediacy of working en plein air, and he coined the term signes to reference the primordial mark- ... More |
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Generative Art Exploration Chapter IV: Ringers #879 (The Goose)
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McEvoy Foundation for the Arts opening What are words worth?, last exhibition before permanently closing
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- McEvoy Foundation for the Arts announces What are words worth? (June 16 September 2, 2023), a survey of the expansive holdings of artworks in the McEvoy Family Collection that engage language, journalism, literature, and typography. The exhibition is McEvoy Arts closing program and the last of over a dozen innovative exhibitions presented since its founding in 2017. The exhibitions title, What are words worth?, is a lyric borrowed from the Tom Tom Club's 1981 song Wordy Rappinghood that references the poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850). Susan Miller, Executive Director at McEvoy Arts, states The play on words of this lyric, and the songs study of words as both form and subject, are reflective of the multi-layered way in which language is represented in this exhibition. The playful nod to Wordsworth ... More
Kelly Akashi: Formations now opening at the Frye Art Museum
SEATTLE, WA.- Kelly Akashi's exhibition Formations at the Frye Art Museum is the largest of the artists work to date. It spans nearly ten years of practice, from graduate school to recent research into the inherited impact of Japanese Americans incarceration during World War II. Originally trained in analog photography, Kelly Akashi (born 1983, Los Angeles) is drawn to materials like glass, wax, and bronze for their alchemical potential to change states. The artist blows and sculpts these fluid materials into forms bearing the literal imprint of her bodys breath and touch. She regularly makes unique life casts of her hands, subtly marking time as fingernails grow and lifelines deepen. This pervasive interest in time is embedded in many of Akashis processes and led her to studies in botany, paleontology, and biologyfields that locate the human ... More
New exhibition explores the meaning of gifts and the stories we tell about them
OXFORD.- The Bodleian Libraries presents Gifts and Books, a new exhibition exploring the importance of giving and receiving books. The exhibition asks what this apparently simple act, practised for centuries, reveals about human relationships and beliefs. Opening at the Weston Library on 16 June 2023, the exhibition will display items from the Bodleians rich collections, encompassing everything from ancient myth to contemporary stories, illustrating how gift-giving and writing have always been intertwined. Curated by Dr Nicholas Perkins, Associate Professor in Medieval English literature at Oxford University, Gifts and Books investigates the power of gifts and the stories we tell about them. Visitors can explore peoples motivations for giving books across the ages, including as a religious offering, a mark of friendship, or a way to strengthen political alliances. ... More
Portuguese curator brings Japanese ALT group exhibition to Shoreditch
LONDON.- Martim Barroso, London-based Curator and Director of TOKYO PARK, will exhibit never-before-seen Japanese Ultra-contemporary artworks from Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka Post-Superflat Artists at Spiral Galleries in Shoreditch, from June 16th to June 25th, 2023 in the exhibition Onna No Ko. Women a collective that has been Humanitys favourite source of Culture, Beauty, and Artistic Inspiration. For millennia, Femininity has morphed into depictions of goddesses, heroines and pioneers strong figures that enchant and entrap its viewers in galleries and museums. Even after the apparent disuse of academic dogmas in Art, the representation of the Female Sitter and Artist, has changed its context and symbolism to modern standards, but maintained its imponent popularity - Martim Barroso from TOKYO PARK claims. ... More
New works by Maliza Kiasuwa create totems of mixed meaning out of everyday objects
WASHINGTON, DC .- Morton Fine Art will be opening Art as a weapon, an exhibition of mixed-media collage and sculpture by artist Maliza Kiasuwa. Based between Brussels, Belgium and Naivasha, Kenya, Kiasuwas collage practice blends locally available materials with cultural referents. At once reflecting contemporary globalization and reinvesting in traditional object-based animism, Kiasuwas practice continues to expand in the years following her decisive move into paper-based collage. The artists second solo exhibition with the gallery, Art as a weapon will be on view from June 17 to July 18, 2023 at Morton Fine Arts Washington, D.C. location. An artist with a longstanding practice rooted in found objects and the histories that inscribe them, Kiasuwa uses thread to stitch disparate materials into an interlacing dialogue. Her works often ... More
Glenda Jackson, Oscar-winning actor turned politician, dies at 87
NEW YORK, NY.- Glenda Jackson, the two-time Oscar winner who renounced a successful film and stage career in her 50s to become a member of the British Parliament, then returned to the stage at 80 as the title character in King Lear, died Thursday at her home in Blackheath, London. She was 87. Her death was confirmed by Lionel Larner, her longtime agent, who said that she died after a brief illness. On both stage and screen, Jackson demonstrated that passion, pain, humor, anger, affection and much else were within her range. I like to take risks, she told The New York Times in 1971, and I want those risks to be larger than the confines of a structure thats simply meant to entertain. By then she had won both acclaim and notoriety for performances in which she had bared herself physically and emotionally, notably as a ferocious Charlotte ... More
Neue Auctions' online-only sale to feature marble bust by Hiram Powers as well as Renoir prints
BEACHWOOD, OHIO.- A marble Bust of the Greek Slave by the renowned American sculptor Hiram Powers (1805-1873), plus three classic Chevrolet Corvette cars from the collection of Charlie Oakes a 1957, a 1960 and a best-in-show 1962 winner will headline an online-only Fine Art & Antiques auction on Saturday, June 24th, by Neue Auctions, at 10 am Eastern time. The Hiram Powers marble bust is the auctions expected top lot, with an estimate of $50,000-$80,000. It comes from an estate out of Hudson, Ohio, as do more than 100 other lots in the sale. The full-length nude bust, 24 inches tall including socle, is artist signed and was at the time of its debut the most famous sculpture in the world. Perhaps 80 or so of the life-size busts were made. The auction will also feature a collection of 11 Renoir prints, all from the same collector; early ... More
In San Francisco, a week of destination opera
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.- For a week this month, San Francisco was the countrys opera capital. Nowhere else in the United States could you see, as I did, three destination operas all worth the effort in four days. I started on Saturday with Richard Strauss immense Die Frau Ohne Schatten at San Francisco Opera, and continued across the street on Sunday with Kaija Saariahos contemporary Adriana Mater at the San Francisco Symphony, staged just days after her death at 70. Then, on Tuesday, came the local premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruzs El Ãltimo Sueño de Frida y Diego San Francisco Operas first Spanish-language work, unveiled last fall in San Diego. (It heads next to Los Angeles, and eventually the Metropolitan Opera.) That was just the latest opening in the companys often ambitious centennial ... More
John Romita Sr., creative force at Marvel Comics, is dead at 93
NEW YORK, NY.- John Romita Sr., an influential comic book artist who helped define the look of Spider-Man and his alter ego, Peter Parker, and who helped create some of Marvels most beloved characters, including Mary Jane Watson and Wolverine, died Monday at his home in Floral Park, New York, on Long Island. He was 93. His death was announced by his son, John Romita Jr., who is also a comic book artist. Millions came to know Marvel through his art, and millions more came to know Peter Parker through the unmistakable bold brushwork Romita brought to his pages, Marvel said in a statement. Romita took over artistic duties on Spider-Man, written by Stan Lee, in 1966, after Steve Ditko, the original artist and the characters co-creator, left Marvel. Within a year, the title had become Marvels top seller. That year, Romita drew the memorable ... More
Beautiful evening of music emerged from a New York City sewer
NEW YORK, NY.- Larry Desgaines sat on a piece of cardboard atop a damp rock near the mouth of a large sewer drain in Queens on a recent Friday evening. Its a privilege to be here, he said, without irony. It was just before sunset, and he was among a concert audience of about 50 people who were also perched on rocks, facing the waters of New York City Combined Sewer Outfall #BB 029, where the buried Sunswick Creek flows into the East River. In the water, which, improbably, did not stink of sewage, two men in a canoe sat very still. The boats bow pointed toward land. As the sun dipped behind Roosevelt Island, another man sitting by the entrance of the tunnel banged on a metal pipe with a stick. The resulting sound was that of a ringing bell. The canoes frontman, wearing a Tyrolean hat, yodeled: Willkommen! He drew out the final syllable, ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, American photographer Irving Penn was born June 16, 1917. Irving Penn (June 16, 1917 - October 7, 2009) was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes. Penn's career included work at Vogue magazine, and independent advertising work for clients including Issey Miyake and Clinique. His work has been exhibited internationally and continues to inform the art of photography. In this image: Irving Penn, Leontyne Price, New York, 1961, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Irving Penn Foundation. Copyright © Condé Nast.
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