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Frank Stella, a dominant figure in postwar American art, at home in New York on Feb. 5, 2019. Here he stands with pieces from his personal collection. From left, Jack Youngermans Aztec III (1959) and Frank Owens Chamber III (1981). (Christopher Gregory/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- Frank Stella, whose laconic pinstripe black paintings of the late 1950s closed the door on abstract expressionism and pointed the way to an era of cool minimalism, died Saturday at his home in New York. He was 87. His wife, Dr. Harriet E. McGurk, said the cause was lymphoma. Stella was a dominant figure in postwar American art, a restless, relentless innovator whose explorations of color and form made him an outsize presence, endlessly discussed and constantly on exhibit. Few American artists of the 20th century arrived with quite his eclat. He was in his early 20s when his large-scale black paintings precisely delineated black stripes separated by thin lines of blank canvas took the art world by storm. Austere, self-referential, opaque, they cast a chilling spell. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Sara Menegazzo, a gold leaf artisan, demonstrates her craft at the Art of Craftsmanship, a celebration of Venetian master craftspeople hosted by Tod's in Venice, Italy, April 19, 2024. For the Venice Biennale, the Italian leather goods and fashion company assembled 11 Venetian craftsmen — glassblowers, mask makers and other artisans — to interpret their Gommino driving shoe. (Casey Kelbaugh/The New York Times).
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| A portrait artist fit for a King (but not a President) | | The secret collection: Over 20 000 works discovered in a Paris flat | | Judd or dud: Can you tell the difference? |
The artist Jonathan Yeo working in his West London studio, with the back of the canvas with the as yet unveiled portrait of King Charles III on the left, April 9, 2024. (Mary Turner/The New York Times)
LONDON.- Few famous Britons, it seems, can resist the chance to be painted by Jonathan Yeo. David Attenborough, the 97-year-old broadcasting legend, is among those who have recently climbed the spiral stairs to his snug studio, hidden at the end of a lane in West London, to pose for Yeo, ... More | |
Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse, Etude pour un plafond du Louvre. Est. 2,000 - 3,000.
PARIS.- At the Hôtel Drouot and throughout seven auctions, Daguerre will be offering at auction an exceptional collection discovered during a valuation in a Paris apartment. In keeping with the collectors wishes, all proceeds from the sales will be donated to the Institut Pasteur to support their scientific and medical research in preventing and treating infectious diseases. This collection, ... More | |
A Donald Judd Cart 62, at the Donald Judd gallery in New York, April 22, 2024. The Judd Foundation has sued Kim Kardashian and Clements Design over furniture fakes. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- If you guys are furniture people, because Ive really gotten into furniture lately, Kim Kardashian said in a YouTube video, gesturing toward a large wooden table and set of chairs, these Donald Judd tables are really amazing and totally blend in with the seats. When the video a tour ... More |
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| Bellmans to sell newly discovered early Dod Procter portrait in May Modern British Auction | | His skull was taken from Congo as a war trophy. Will Belgium finally return it? | | President John F. Kennedy celebrated in Fine Autographs and Artifacts Auction |
This newly discovered work by Dod Procter is truly remarkable as it appears to be the earliest figurative work by the artist to have appeared on the market in the last couple of decades.
LONDON.- Bellmans announced the auction on the 15th May of an early portrait painting by Dod Procter (British, 1892-1972) depicting a girl in a black dress with a fabulous red hat and striking wallpaper in the background from circa 1915. It has not come ... More | |
Storms troops killed and decapitated Lusinga in 1884, and his skull ended up in a box in the Brussels-based Institute for Natural Sciences, along with over 500 human remains taken from former Belgian colonies.
BRUSSELS.- Once a powerful local Congolese leader, Lusinga Iwa Ngombe fought back against Belgian colonial invaders in the late 19th century. He was such a thorn in their side that Ãmile Storms, who commanded Belgian troops in the region, ... More | |
JFK memorabilia takes center stage at Fine Autographs and Artifacts Auction.
BOSTON, MASS.- In a tribute to one of America's most iconic leaders, RR Auction is showcasing a remarkable collection of John F. Kennedy memorabilia this May, coinciding with the anniversary of his birth. Featuring nearly 800 lots, this exceptional auction not only highlights President Kennedy's storied life and legacy but also includes rare artifacts ... More |
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| A new wave of appreciation for the man who drew New York | | Exquisite luxury lineup to open Christie's Hong Kong spring auctions | | Historic work by renowned photographer Susan Wood unveiled in new exhibition at Laughlin Gallery |
The archivist Lauri London Freedman goes through some of Jason Polans many sketchbooks at a storage unit in New York on April 26, 2024. (Winnie Au/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- A somber gathering of artists and illustrators took place at a gallery in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan on a recent Friday evening. They were there for a Wright auction preview of the drawings and personal belongings of ... More | |
Timeless Opulence highlights magnificent neo-vintage wristwatches from the 1990s and early 2000s, presenting Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin and Daniel Roth, among others. © Christie's Images Ltd. 2024.
HONG KONG.- An exceptional lineup of luxury auctions will open Christies Spring season in Hong Kong, running from 24 May to 1 June. These highly anticipated live and online sales will present world-class, exquisite selections of wine, handbags, ... More | |
Susan Wood, John and Yoko, 1969.
HIGHLAND PARK, IL.- Susan Wood, a pioneering figure in the world of photography, is the focus of a new exhibition at Laughlin Gallery on view to the public from May 4 through May 25, 2024. Susan Wood: In Time, featuring 20 photographs from 1960-1984, captures the essence of an era marked by social upheaval and transformation. Susan Wood: In Time offers a glimpse into the profound ... More |
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| National Museum of American History acquires gold pocket watch owned by philanthropist and businessman Julius Rosenwald | | The George Adams Gallery opens an exhibition of recent works by Lynda Dann and Elisa D'Arrigo | | Nicole L. Angarella named Smithsonian Inspector General |
Designed by the Illinois Watch Co. in the 1870s, Rosenwalds Stuart-grade pocket watch has a gilt finish with a stem-wound, lever-set mechanical movement.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonians National Museum of American History has added a gold pocket watch to its collections that once belonged to Julius Rosenwald (18621932), a philanthropist and businessman who made his fortune in the Sears Roebuck retail catalog company. The pocket ... More | |
Lynda Dann, Dune, 2023. Acrylic on panel, 28 x 28 inches.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.- The George Adams Gallery opened an exhibition of recent works by Lynda Dann and Elisa DArrigo, at Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco. This is both artists first exhibition with the gallery. Lynda Dann, a painter based in Oakland, and Elisa DArrigo, a sculptor based in New York, both draw inspiration from ... More | |
Angarella most recently served for 18 months as the acting inspector general at USAID.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Nicole L. Angarella, currently the general counsel to the inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has been appointed inspector general of the Smithsonian. Angarella will join the Smithsonian May 20. Angarella most recently served for 18 months as the acting inspector general at USAID ... More |
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From Agnes Pelton to Rembrandt Peale: The 2024 American Art Signature Auction.
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National Air and Space Museum welcomes Star Wars X-wing outfitted Boeing CV2 Cargo Air Vehicle
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum has welcomed a Boeing CV2 Cargo Air Vehicle (CAV) to the collection. This CAV was the first remotely piloted large eVTOL (electrical vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft to be flown in support of a commercial operation in the United States. For this flight, Boeing partnered with Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development to mount X-wing body shells on two CAVs for the opening events of the Star Wars: Galaxys Edge attraction at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The themed CAV is a gift from Boeing and Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development and will go on display at the museums Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. While lightweight delivery drones are being tested at a number of locations around the nation, the development ... More
National Portrait Gallery announces Michael S. Hollander as new board chair
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonians National Portrait Gallery has announced Michael S. Hollander of Chicago as the new chair of its 25-person commission, effective immediately. Hollander will lead the commission in its support of the Portrait Gallerys mission of narrating the multifaceted story of the United States through the individuals who have shaped American culture. He will succeed Joseph P. Ujobai, who has served as chair since November 2016 and will remain on the board as a commissioner through April 2026. Hollander was appointed to the Portrait Gallerys commission in 2021 and most recently served as chair of the Strategy and Finance Committee. We are delighted to welcome Michael Hollander as the new chair of the museums board, said Kim Sajet, director, Smithsonians National Portrait Gallery. He assumes ... More
Chacarita is Buenos Aires' quirkiest neighborhood. Get there soon.
NEW YORK, NY.- To become a citys coolest new neighborhood, there are certain prerequisites: a crop of cafes that toe the line between cozy and snobbish, chefs combining the innovative with the Instagrammable, and shops so sincere that they are doomed to close when rents rise, which they inevitably will. But then it must also have quirks. Chacarita, long seen as a low-slung, low-profile neighborhood in north-central Buenos Aires, Argentina, has plenty. Theres the cafe that doubles as a museum of photography and triples as a jazz club. Two cavernous, mysteriously indistinguishable pizza halls, both opened in 1947, stand side by side near a subway stop and serve thick-crusted slices draped with mozzarella and onions. And then, in Chacaritas southwest flank, a cemetery has elegant monuments to 20th-century tango legend Carlos Gardel ... More
'The Keep Going Songs' review: Vexed by grief and worried about the planet
NEW YORK, NY.- Not a lot of Lincoln Center Theater shows call for setting the preperformance mood with the Grateful Dead, but when Uncle Johns Band came over the speakers the other evening before the Bengsons took the stage, it was such an ideal match for their crunchy, mellow, kindhearted, folk-rock vibe that I had to smile. In Abigail and Shaun Bengsons The Keep Going Songs, though, its the dead with a lowercase d who are integral. This married couple of music-makers, known for shaggy, melodic, autobiographically inspired theater, wanted to create what they call a concert. Thats also a wake. Directed by Caitlin Sullivan for LCT3, the show is a musing on death: of human beings, and of our planet. The pairing doesnt entirely work organically. Still, the seeming intent is a processing of grief. If youre in this room, Abigail ... More
The 'Fall Guy' filmmakers have a cause: Give stunts an Oscar
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The life of stuntmen and women is never glamorous. The job is to take the fall, endure the pain, break the bone, then walk away unsung, battered and bruised. They usually move on to the next gig without ever seeing the finished product. They rarely get invited to the movie premiere. Oscars? Forget about it. That narrative seems to be changing with the new action-comedy-romance The Fall Guy, the loose film adaptation of the 1980s television show that opened Friday. The movie, directed by the former stuntman David Leitch, stars Ryan Gosling as Colt Seavers, a down-on-his-luck stuntman who returns to set after a nasty accident to solve the mystery of a missing leading man (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and, more important, to get the girl (played by Emily Blunt). Not only does the film give the best portrayal of the life of a stuntman ... More
The voice of a hundred faces: Dee Bradley Baker's 'Star Wars' journey
NEW YORK, NY.- For Star Wars fans who have seen only the theatrical blockbusters, clone troopers are peripheral figures, at most recalled as the title menace in Attack of the Clones, from 2002. But over the past two decades they have become essential to the franchise, the pillar of animated Star Wars series including The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels and most recently, The Bad Batch. And in that time one man has been essential to the clones: Dee Bradley Baker, who has voiced them all. Not all of the shows all of the clones, hundreds of them since getting cast for Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which debuted in 2008 with a feature film and an animated series that lasted for seven seasons. Now Bakers incredibly prolific gig, which also included plenty of non-clone ... More
TikTok's boss goes from reserved tech exec to Met Gala chair
NEW YORK, NY.- Although the Met Gala serves as a branding event for Vogue, it has long accepted sponsorships from the tech giants that have threatened the very survival of legacy media publications. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos appeared as the balls honorary chair in 2012. Four years later, when Apple was a Met Gala sponsor, its CEO, Tim Cook, showed up in tux and tails. And Instagram supplied cash in 2022. The 2024 event is sponsored, in part, by TikTok, the social media goliath whose future looks murkier than that of Condé Nast, the publisher of Vogue, The New Yorker and other magazines, which has laid off employees and shuttered or sold off some of its publications in recent years. TikTok found itself in jeopardy last month when President Joe Biden signed a bill that gave ByteDance, the Chinese ... More
At New York City Ballet's gala, the usual with a twist
NEW YORK, NY.- Ballet galas are a special species of performance, as much about schmoozing and speeches and gowns as about the dancing. Ballets made for such occasions tend to fall into certain patterns and formulas: usually upbeat and often emphasizing opportunities for dancers to show off. As with any genre, a gala-style piece can be done in a rote or fresh manner, and at New York City Ballets spring gala on Thursday, the two premieres were fresh enough. In their connections to the company, the choreographers presented a contrast. Justin Peck, City Ballets resident choreographer and artistic adviser, was contributing his 24th work for the troupe. Amy Hall Garner, a midcareer, newly in-demand choreographer, was offering her first. But these dancemakers were similar in what they delivered: the usual, with a twist. Following George ... More
Michael Muir's debut showcase in London on view at JD Malat Gallery
LONDON.- JD Malat Gallery is presenting Above the Surface, an exhibition by Australia-based painter Michael Muir, marking his debut showcase in London. Presenting five new works, the exhibition from May 2nd 1st June transforms the gallery space into a vivid extension of Muirs paintings complete with white sand and palm trees functioning to reflect the artists profound connection to the natural world. Originally from Scotland, Muirs formative years were spent travelling throughout Southeast Asia before eventually settling in Sydney, Australia where the artist is currently based. His peripatetic upbringing deeply informs Muirs artistic practice, manifesting in his adept ability to reconcile the juxtaposition of the familiar with the novelty of new experiences. Muirs paintings are predominately inspired by his experience of the landscape and awe of both natural and built environments. He states, ... More
Miranda July is ready to get 'Maximum Weird'
LOS ANGELES, CA.- It was not exactly urgent to get the rug, but the larger question the rug had to answer was urgent enough. Thats why, on a bright afternoon at the end of March, Miranda July and I were driving toward Irvine, California, where she planned to meet a man about a listing on Facebook Marketplace. She had recently moved out of the large home she shared with her husband and child in Silver Lake and into a small two-bedroom house behind her writing studio in Echo Park. It meant she needed new things for a new place. A toilet, for example. A coral one, ideally, to match the tub and sink. Flooring for the kitchen. A refrigerator. And an antique carpet for the walk-in closet she was fixing up in her studio space. In this new life, would it all fit together? July, a writer, filmmaker and artist whose work plays with the boundaries of intimacy, ... More
Nancy Schuster, crossword champion, creator and editor, dies at 90
NEW YORK, NY.- Nancy Schuster, who began crafting crossword puzzles for a PTA newspaper when her children were young and went on to make puzzles her career constructing them, competing in tournaments and editing them for magazines died April 26 in Newburgh, New York, in Orange County. She was 90. Her daughter, Jackie Novick, confirmed the death, in a hospice facility. Schuster had been living in nearby Goshen, New York. Schuster became a star in crossword puzzle circles in 1978 when she won the first American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, held at a hotel in Stamford, Connecticut. She took home $125 after solving all five of the competitions puzzles. She told Newsday afterward that the most difficult clue was in the third puzzle: Greek festival maidens with baskets on their heads. Answer: canephori. She described herself then ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, German-Swiss painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was born May 06, 1880. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (6 May 1880 - 15 June 1938) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th-century art. In this image: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880-1938), Women on the Street (Frauen auf der Straße). 1915. Oil on canvas. 49 5/8 x 35 7/16" (126 x 90 cm). Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany. Photograph by Peter Frese. © Ingeborg and Dr. Wolfgang Henze-Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern.
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