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Archival photograph showing the double burial of individuals JS 20 and JS 21 with pencils marking the position of associated lithic artefacts. Wendorf Archive, Courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum.
LONDON.- A paper launched today (Thursday 27th May) in the journal Nature Scientific Reports entitled New insights on interpersonal violence in the Late Pleistocene based on the Nile valley cemetery of Jebel Sahaba, reveals the results of new research undertaken on the famous cemetery at Jebel Sahaba in northeast Africa. The paper is authored by researchers from the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), the University of Toulouse, the British Museum and the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Key findings include: Confirmation that Jebel Sahaba is the earliest funerary complex in the Nile Valley, new direct radiocarbon dates show it dates to at least 13,400 years ago (the Late Pleistocene). A reappraisal of the human remains from the cemetery confirm the injuries sustained were a result ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A woman looks at the exhibits of the new Athens Olympic Museum on May 25, 2021. Cradle of the modern Olympic Games, Athens finally has its Olympic museum. The compound opened to the public on May 14 after having repeatedly postponed its inauguration due to Covid19. Aris MESSINIS / AFP
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| Andy Warhol: Machine Made: Sale of 5 unique NFTs totals $3.38M | | The Vessel, a tourist draw, to reopen with changes after several deaths | | Hindman Auctions to present Icons of Style: Summer Fashion & Accessories this June | 
Andy Warhol (1928-1987). Untitled (Self-Portrait), non-fungible token (tif). Executed circa 1985 and minted in 2021. © The Andy Warhol Foundation. Price realized: $870,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Marking another significant moment for the growing market for NFTs and digital art, Christies sale of Andy Warhol: Machine Made on behalf of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts achieved a combined total of $3,377,500. The sale attracted registrants from Asia, Europe and the United States, with near-equal participation from established Christies clients who traditionally bid on physical artworks and new registrants from the crypto art community an important cross-over moment for NFT sales at Christies. Bidding for each of the individual NFTs reached a crescendo in the final moments of the sale, with each lot close extended multiple times to accommodate over 200 bids in the final 24 hours of the sale. Among the successful bidders, three were based in the U.S., one in Europe, ... More | | 
People visit the Vessel at Hudson Yards in New York on March 15, 2020. Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times.
by Michael Gold
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The Vessel, the labyrinth of staircases at Hudson Yards that closed four months ago after several people killed themselves there, will reopen Friday with measures in place designed to reduce the risk of suicides. But Related Cos., the developer of Hudson Yards, said it would not raise the height of barriers along the sculptures walkways, a change that a local community board had been pushing for and that research has shown would be an effective deterrent. Instead, security will be tripled, and visitors will no longer be allowed to hike up the steps of the Vessel alone. Those who wish to climb the 150-foot spiraling sculptures tangle of interlocking stairs will be required to enter in pairs or groups. Staff will also be trained to watch for behavior that might ... More | | 
Hermès Birkin and Kelly Group. Estimates range from $5,000-15,000.
CHICAGO, IL.- On June 3, Hindman Auctions will present Icons of Style: Summer Fashion & Accessories, which will feature garments ranging from as early as the 1850s, from the Tasha Tudor Collection of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, to 1980s Vivienne Westwood, through to contemporary Issey Miyake. A prominent collection of Hermès bags and accessories will be offered. The sale will also spotlight midcentury haute couture from designers including Christian Dior, Madame Grès, Cristóbal Balenciaga, and Yves Saint Laurent from the 1950s through the 1980s. A session of impressive Hermès handbags will lead the auction. Among the selection is a group of bold Vibrato handbags, highlighted by a multi-hued Vibrato Snip Leather Kelly bag from 2001 (lot 29; estimate: $10,000-15,000). Other standouts of this selection are a beige and blue Birkin bag from 2004 and a Kelly bag from 2002 (lot 25 and 27; estimates: ... More |
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| Art Institute of Chicago debuts monumental Tiffany stained glass window | | Mary Beth Edelson, feminist art pioneer, is dead at 88 | | They've given $6 million to the arts. No one knew them, until now. | 
Design attributed to Agnes F. Northrop (American, 18571953), Tiffany Studios (American, 190232) Corona, New York, Hartwell Memorial Window, 1917. Leaded glass; 798.7 Ã 554.7 Ã 42.5 cm (314 7/16 Ã 218 3/8 Ã 16 3/4 in.) The Art Institute of Chicago.
CHICAGO, IL.- A stunning achievement in stained glass, the monumental Hartwell Memorial Window made its Art Institute debut today. With dazzling light and vibrant colors, the window captures the sublime beauty of nature, depicting Mount Chocorua, one of New Englands most beloved peaks, at sunset. This recently acquired workdesigned by Agnes F. Northrop for Tiffany Studioswas a commission from Mary Hartwell in honor of her husband for the Central Baptist Church of Providence, Rhode Island. Located at the top of the Art Institutes Grand Staircase near the Michigan Avenue entrance, the magnificent Hartwell Memorial Window greets visitors with radiant beauty for many years to come. This exhibition is included in general admission to the museum and does not have a virtual line. The design of the window is attributed to Agnes F. Northrop, the firms leading landscape window designer. At twenty-six feet high by eighteen feet w ... More | | 
Mary Beth Edelson in 2017. David Lewis Gallery via The New York Times.
by Jillian Steinhauer
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Mary Beth Edelson, a pivotal artist and organizer in the feminist art movement of the 1970s who was known as much for her participation in public protests as for her ritualistic performances, died April 20 in Ocean Grove, New Jersey. She was 88. The cause was end-stage Alzheimers disease, said her son, Nicholas Edelson. What may be Edelsons most famous work is also one of the defining images of the feminist art movement. She made it early in her career, when she was trying to move away from painting and into alternative forms of art. Taking a more conceptual approach, she asked 22 colleagues to suggest ideas of pieces she might create. Artist Ed McGowin suggested she take a critical look at organized religion as a point of departure. The first thing that came to my mind was the ways that they subjugate women, the way women are cut out of everything, Edelson recalled in an online interview in 2013. So, thinking of the iconic image ... More | | 
Jay Dweck, a member of the AlphaDyne foundations advisory board, at his home in Mount Kisco, N.Y., April 27, 2021. Gabby Jones/The New York Times.
by Cara Buckley
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The Alphadyne Foundation who were they? Christine Cox didnt know, and Google didnt seem to either, when she checked late last year, during the dark days of the pandemic, as organizations like hers were fighting to stay alive. Cox is co-founder and artistic director of BalletX, a contemporary dance company based in Philadelphia. Though she was trying to stay optimistic about its prospects, funding was slowing and donors were tiring of video appeals. Then, in December, Damian Woetzel, president of the Juilliard School, rang up, saying a mysterious benefactor named Alphadyne might have some funding. Cox drafted a proposal, trying not to raise her hopes. A string of grant-makers had already turned down BalletX, and, even in the best case scenarios, money usually took ages to arrive. But eight weeks after she sent her pitch, the money from Alphadyne came in. It was real money, six-figure money, more ... More |
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| Eric Carle, author of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar,' dies at 91 | | Andrew Kreps Gallery now represents Uri Aran | | From Oscar Wilde to suffragettes, new UK museum tells story of policing London | 
Eric Carles book The Artist Who Painted A Blue Horse. Handout via The New York Times.
by Julia Carmel
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- When a fictional caterpillar chomps through one apple, two pears, three plums, four strawberries, five oranges, one piece of chocolate cake, one ice cream cone, one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake and one slice of watermelon, it might get a stomach ache. But it might also become the star of one of the bestselling childrens books of all time. Eric Carle, the artist and author who created that creature in his book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, a tale that has charmed generations of children and parents alike, died Sunday at his summer studio in Northampton, Mass. He was 91. His son, Rolf, said the cause was kidney failure. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Carles best-known book, has sold more than 55 million copies ... More | | 
Uri Aran, Visit, 2020, Courtesy the artist and Andrew Kreps Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- Andrew Kreps Gallery announced the representation of Uri Aran, an artist who over the past decade has developed a singular practice centered on an ongoing, philosophical inquiry into how our daily behaviors are used to create and assign meaning. Aran maintains a fluid relationship with material, connecting disparate subject matter through the familiar processes of everyday life - translation, mediation, and organization. Working across sculpture, film, performance, drawing, and painting, Aran employs a distinct vernacular that defies traditional linguistic systems, using recurring elements to establish rhythmic relationships across his works. Objects and motifs, such as handwriting, personal photographs, studio detritus, drawings, and ephemera repeat across surfaces of Arans sculptures, which appear as compositional experiments, or workstations left in process. Suspended in time, these idiosyncratic elements ... More | | 
Lee-Jane Yates, a former police officer who worked at the police station between 1982 and 1985, poses next to a photograph of herself on display in a cell, during a press preview of the new Bow Street Police Museum at the former home of the original 'Bow Street Runners' in Covent Garden, central London on May 27, 2021. Niklas HALLE'N / AFP.
LONDON.- Old police cells, including a so-called drunk tank, have been restored as historical exhibits in London's newest museum, charting the advent and evolution of policing in the British capital. The Bow Street Police Museum in Covent Garden, which opens to visitors for the first time on Friday, is housed inside one of London's first police stations, dating back nearly a century and a half. Situated next to a former magistrates' court, most of the site has been converted into a luxury hotel but part of the original police station now showcases its extraordinary history. Visitors can step inside renovated cells which once held murderers, suffragettes, dictators -- and even the playwright Oscar Wilde. "Bow Street Magistrates' Court saw ... More |
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| Italian ballet star Carla Fracci dies age 84 | | Christie's Design Sales total $17.4M | | New exhibition explores Sigmund Freud's experience of the Spanish Flu pandemic | 
This photo obtained from Italian news agency Ansa shows Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev (Rear L) and Italian ballet dancer Carla Fracci after performing 'Giselle' in Rome, Italy, on February 7, 1980. STRINGER / ANSA / AFP.
ROME (AFP).- Carla Fracci, Italy's most celebrated ballet dancer best known for her performances as Giselle, has died at the age of 84, Milan's La Scala opera house announced Thursday. Educated at La Scala from an early age before rising to become its prima ballerina, Fracci went on to light up stages around the world, partnering stars such as Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov. She left the Milan theatre in 1963 in search of more money and opportunities, but was always drawn back, most recently giving two online master classes there in January. "We will always think of her with affection and gratitude, remembering the smile of the final days we spent together, where she felt she had come home," said its director, Dominique Meyer. "With Maria Taglioni (the 19th-century dancer), Carla ... More | | 
'Antibes' Floor Lamp, circa 1950. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies Design sales in New York totaled $17,436,000 over three live sales of Design in New York, including Paris in New York: A Private Collection of Royère, Vautrin, Jouve, Tiffany and Design. With very strong, spirited global cross-category bidding, these outstanding results demonstrated the strength and depth of the Design market. Paris in New York: A Private Collection of Royère, Vautrin, Jouve totaled $7,033,000, 93% sold by lot and 267% hammer above low estimate. The sale was led by an iconic Ours Polaire Sofa by Jean Royère which achieved a world record for the model at auction. Other highlights included a rare pair of Sculpture Armchairs which sold for $882,500 and a Tour Eiffel Floor Lamp which realized $762,000. A Yo-yo Table, circa 1950, achieved $600,000 over 17 times its high estimate of $35,000. Following the success of the Tiffany Montgomery collection, Tiffany, the first dedicated various ... More | | 
Installation view.
LONDON.- One hundred years ago, Sigmund Freud lived through a global pandemic. This topical new exhibition explores the similarities between Freuds experience of the Spanish Flu and 2020s COVID-19 pandemic, its impact on mental health and the response by psychoanalysts. The global COVID-19 pandemic shares many similarities with the Spanish Flu that ravaged the world after the First World War. Here the exhibition explores how Freud reacted to that crisis and how modern psychoanalysis has responded in 2020. The Spanish Flu pandemic struck the Freud family with tragic results. Sophie Halberstadt-Freud, Freuds beloved daughter, died suddenly from the influenza while pregnant with her third child. Freud and his wife Martha were devastated. Although the Spanish Flu and COVID-19 are different strains of diseases, similar measures were taken by governments worldwide and by individuals. Schools, shops and restaurants closed, restrictions ... More |
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 Freeman's announces results of Jewelry and Watches auctionPHILADELPHIA, PA.- Freemans is pleased to announce the results of its May 19 Jewelry and Watches auction, which confirms Freemans leading market position as a destination for fine pieces from renowned makers and houses. Art Deco designs performed particularly well, but the 157-lot sale saw competitive bidding from both phone and online buyers for a wide range of styles and pieces. An impressive fancy light yellow diamond ring achieved $308,700, leading the sale and surpassing the pieces pre-sale high estimate. The sale far exceeded our expectations, especially signed jewelry, the value of which has been rising consistently over the years, said Virginia Salem, Head of the Jewelry and Watches department. Our prominent Philadelphia selection led the sale strongly, diamond solitaires all performed extremely well, and we attracted many ... More  Morris Museum President/CEO, Cleveland Johnson, announces plans for retirementMORRISTOWN, NJ.- Morris Museum President/CEO, Cleveland Johnson, has announced his plan to retire from his post at the end of 2021. Since his appointment four years ago, Johnson has overseen the expansion of the museum's mandate and instituted exhibitions and performances that reached out to new audiences. Under his watch, the Morris Museum, the second biggest museum in New Jersey, became a Smithsonian Affiliate, the only museum in the state with that honor. Under his guidance, the museum also defined an adventurous new focus for itself around "art, sound and motion." Among the highlights of his tenure is the introduction of art exhibits that reflect the cultural zeitgeist, including the acclaimed, Aerosol, which featured the work of NJ's best street and graffiti artists. One of the few museums nationally with a full-rigged proscenium theatre, ... More  Samuel E. Wright, the voice of Sebastian in 'The Little Mermaid,' dies at 72NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Samuel E. Wright, a veteran stage actor who earned two Tony Award nominations but was best known for voicing the headstrong crab Sebastian in the 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid, died Monday at his home in Walden, New York. He was 72. The cause was prostate cancer, which he had been fighting for three years, his daughter Dee Wright-Kelly said. Wright performed in eight Broadway shows beginning with Jesus Christ Superstar in 1971. His most prominent role was as Mufasa in the original cast of Disneys The Lion King, which brought him one of his Tony nominations for best featured actor in a musical in 1998. He received another nomination for the same award in 1984 for his role in The Tap Dance Kid. But Wright reached his widest audience working on several Disney movies, particularly ... More  Fort Gansevoort opens an online exhibition of paintings from 1998-2019 by Willie BirchNEW YORK, NY.- Fort Gansevoort is presenting Willie Birch: Paintings from 1998-2019, the gallerys first exhibition with New Orleans-based artist Willie Birch. Born in 1942, Birch has dedicated his artistic practice to capturing the legendary spirit of his Louisiana community in works that depict the citizens and environments of his beloved hometown. This online exhibition is accompanied by a conversation between the artist and Dr. Leslie King Hammond, the artist, curator and art historian who is Founding Director of the Center for Race and Culture at the Maryland Institute College of Art, where she is also Graduate Dean Emeritus. The multiple realities of New Orleans take center stage in the painterly compositions of Willie Birch. His work is part of a profound lineage, linked to that of Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, William ... More  Miles McEnery Gallery now representing Danny FerrellNEW YORK, NY.- Miles McEnery Gallery announced its representation of Danny Ferrell. Danny Ferrells portraits are visions of intimate daydreams representing the artists friends and peers. Colorful, gregarious, and with a deep appreciation for beauty, the artist is humbled by the ineffable cosmic hand that imbues our world with magic. This is manifested in the artists alluring muses, abundant in life and color. Ferrells color palette is culled from the sublime skyscapes of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and Thomas Cole, the camp photographs of Pierre et Gilles, and the acidwashed aesthetic of Ed Paschke. Dreamfully romantic and enchantingly seductive, the sitters in Ferrells portraits often express the melodrama conveyed in the work of George Tooker. Embodying the essence of those closest to him, Ferrell illuminates his figures with a meticulous ... More  Broadway's Tony Awards, delayed by pandemic, set for SeptemberNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The long-delayed Tony Awards, honoring the last set of shows to open on Broadway before theaters went dark, finally have a plan: The ceremony will take place Sept. 26, timed to bolster a pandemic-hobbled industry as shows begin to reopen. Three of the 25 competitive awards best musical, best play and best play revival will be presented live during a television program, broadcast on CBS, that will primarily be a starry concert of theater songs. But the bulk of the awards, honoring performers, writers, directors, choreographers and designers, will be given out just beforehand, during a ceremony that will be shown only on Paramount+, the ViacomCBS subscription streaming service. The organizers current expectation is that the event awards and performances will be live and in- ... More  Smithsonian museums set to reopen by SeptemberNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The Smithsonian Institution, which reopened eight of its Washington-area institutions this month, on Wednesday announced a schedule to bring back the rest of its museums closed by the pandemic including two in New York by the end of August. The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York will open June 10. Admission will be free through Oct. 31, but tickets must be reserved online in advance. Willi Smith: Street Couture, which opened briefly before the museum was shuttered by the pandemic, will be extended through Oct. 24. Contemporary Muslim Fashions, organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, will be on view through July 11. The National Museum of Natural History in Washington will open its doors June 18, followed by the Smithsonians other New York City location, the National ... More  New documentary storytelling photography exhibit connects, supports, and celebrates NYC neighborsBROOKLYN, NY.- The stoops of New York City have always been the place to meet up, catch up, and build community. During Covid-19, city stoops became a place to safely socialize, play and cheer on essential workers. Stoops were often peoples only connection to the outside world. Amid the challenges of the past year in New York City, photographer Marj Kleinman and writer, Lara Weinberg lovingly captured that range of experiences and examples of community. The resultStoop Storiesis a documentary storytelling project that forms the basis of a new exhibition composed of more than 150 images and stories representing families, essential workers, small business owners, and activists from around Brooklyn. On view at Brooklyn Childrens Museum, the exhibition is included with general admission. A stoop is a way that people ... More  1856 bond certificate twice signed by Corenelius Vanderbilt sells for $11,250RENO, NEV.- A California Gold Rush-era bond from 1856 signed by Cornelius Vanderbilt sold for $11,250, a photo of the execution hanging of outlaw Fleming James Parker taken in 1898 brought $9,062, and a gorgeous circa 1880-1920 Red Mesa Navajo rug in near-perfect condition rose to $5,000 at a huge, five-day Western Americana Signature Sale held May 13th thru 17th by Holabird Western Americana Collections, online and live in the Reno gallery at 3555 Airway Dr. This auction was brimming with over 3,000 lots of historical autographs, gold nuggets and high-grade gold specimens, minerals and mining collectibles, rare reference books, firearms and militaria, numismatics, stock and bond certificates, silver ingots, Native Americana, gaming collectibles, firefighting memorabilia, artwork, turquoise jewelry, medals, tokens ... More  Sir David Adjaye OBE receives 2021 Royal Gold Medal for ArchitectureLONDON.- The Royal Institute of British Architects announced that this evening (Wednesday 26 May 2021) Sir David Adjaye OBE is formally celebrated as the recipient of the 2021 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture. The medal was presented by Iain Walker, the British High Commissioner to Ghana, on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen. This evenings virtual celebration links Sir David Adjaye in Ghana, with the RIBA President Alan Jones in London, tributes from dignitaries around the world, and a global audience tuning in online. Given in recognition of a lifetimes work, the Royal Gold Medal is given to a person or group of people who have had a significant influence either directly or indirectly on the advancement of architecture. Awarded since 1848, past Royal Gold Medallists include Zaha Hadid (2016), Frank Gehry (2000), Norman ... More  David Bates' 'Waterfall' leads Heritage Texas Art Auction above $774KDALLAS, TX.- A pair of paintings by Dallas artist David Bates finished atop the Texas Art Auction at his hometown Heritage Auctions. Bates Waterfall, 2010 took top-lot honors in the sale when it reached $137,500, while Burning Leaves, 1983 brought a winning bid of $106,250. The auctions top two lots boosted the total for the sale to $774,094, nearly $200,000 above the events high estimate. Demand for paintings by David Bates have soared in recent years, so it is no surprise that the top two results in the auction came from him, Heritage Auctions Texas Art Director Atlee Phillips said. He is arguably the most important living Texas artist, with gallery showings in New York and artwork that regularly has sold for six figures, which is rare for a living, working artist. It is only fitting that an elite artist born and raised in Dallas should enjoy such continuous ... More  Dallas Museum of Art presents its 2021 Awards to Artists DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art announced its 2021 Awards to Artists. This year, 12 artists received one of three awards: the Clare Hart DeGolyer Memorial Fund Award, the Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund Award, and the Otis and Velma Davis Dozier Travel Grant. All of the recipients this year are from Texas; eight are based in the DallasFort Worth area, two in Austin, one in Houston, and one in San Antonio. Dr. Leigh Arnold, Associate Curator at the Nasher Sculpture Center, served as this years guest juror. "We are honored that for over 40 years Awards to Artists has been supporting exceptional artists in our community at pivotal moments in their practice and career," said Dr. Vivian Li, the DMA's Lupe Murchison Curator of Contemporary Art. "We are thrilled to continue our support of dynamic artists exploring ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, German painter Jörg Immendorff died May 28, 2007. Jörg Immendorff (June 14, 1945 - May 28, 2007) was a contemporary German painter, sculptor, stage designer and art professor. He was a member of the art movement Neue Wilde. In this image: Jörg Immendorff, Untitled, 2007.
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