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The First Art Newspaper on the Net Established in 1996 Saturday, July 6, 2024 A masterpiece of fiction inspires the urge to submerge in a gallery crawl An undated photo by Steven Probert shows Tony Feher’s “Untitled,” 2015/2024, a reinstallation of the minimalist artist’s work with blue painter’s tape on glass windows. Visual art and prose meet in the show “The Swimmer,” a curatorial exploration of John Cheever’s 1964 suburban nightmare short story of the same name, at the Flag Art Foundation in Manhattan. (Steven Probert via The New York Times) NEW YORK, NY.- “Oh, how bonny and lush were the banks of the Lucinda River!” Euphoria opens “The Swimmer,” a John Cheever story that greeted New Yorker readers 60 years ago this month. On a hot summer day much like this one, the upper-middle-class, lower-middle-age Neddy Merrill decides in a burst of hale spirits — “bonny!” — to swim across his county (a thinly veiled Westchester) by way of a necklace of 14 backyard pools, a makeshift “Lucinda River” he names for his beloved wife. A comedy of suburban class and taboo ensues, ... More The Best Photos of the Day The Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg is now presenting the artist's first institutional solo exhibition in Germany from July 6 to October 13, 2024. It comprises 27 paintings and paper installations mainly created over the past eight years, including a work created especially for the exhibition in Wolfsburg. This bigheaded fossil turned up in a place no one expected to find it Piñatas that provide awe instead of candy Paal Enger, who stole Munch's 'The Scream,' is dead at 57 An artist’s rendering of Gaiasia jennyae, an eight-foot-long predator that resembled a salamander and lived 280 million years ago. (Gabriel Lio via The New York Times) NEW YORK, NY.- Some 280 million years ago, a large predator glided through the chilly waters of a supercontinent in the Southern Hemisphere. The 8-foot-long hunter had tiny limbs, an eel-like body and a flat head full of jutting fangs. And according to existing ideas about vertebrate evolution, it shouldn’t have existed. “It was displaced ... More Roberto Benavidez sits amidst some of his fanciful papier-mâché creatures at his studio in Los Angeles, May 29, 2024. (Sasha Arutyunova/The New York Times) NEW YORK, NY.- The piñata, because it’s made out of humble paper and designed to be obliterated, is not always thought of as art. Los Angeles-based artist Roberto Benavidez has worked to change that. “It is just this innocuous kids’ party game to many,” Benavidez said. “The piñata is so much more.” Benavidez has transformed the traditional ... More Edvard Munch’s “The Scream,” at the National Museum in Oslo, Norway, June 7, 2022. (David B. Torch/The New York Times) NEW YORK, NY.- Paal Enger, a rising prospect for a celebrated Norwegian soccer club who traded a game that he loved for another — art theft — that he absolutely relished, culminating in his infamous 1994 heist of Edvard Munch’s masterpiece “The Scream,” died June 29 in Oslo. He was 57. His death was confirmed by Nils Christian Nordhus, an Oslo-based lawyer who formerly ... More Inaugural auction featuring selections from William Strutz's celebrated library realizes $5.65 million at Heritage The dazzling artistry of Hiroshige's '100 Famous Views of Edo' Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg opens first institutional exhibition in Germany of works by Firelei Báez Scarce inscribed copy of Fitzgerald's masterpiece in a superior dust jacket. DALLAS, TX.- When Heritage Auctions closed the book Thursday afternoon on The William A. Strutz Library, Part I, Rare Books Signature® Auction, the total read $5,655,439. Inscribed inside the historic event were the signatures of the 730 bidders who participated worldwide, bought every single one of the 226 books, letters and manuscripts on the shelf and helped set numerous auction records. Chief among the event’s historic lots was an extraordinary inscribed copy of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby that realized $425,000, now the world’s most valuable copy. Not far behind was what ... More Utagawa Hiroshige’s “100 Famous Views of Edo” at the Brooklyn Museum. (Brooklyn Museum via The New York Times) NEW YORK, NY.- If you want to understand the visual language of Instagram, cinema, Tintin comics, modern poster design or Vincent van Gogh, the quickest thing to do would be to ride out to the Brooklyn Museum, where, for the first time in 24 years, you can see every one of Utagawa Hiroshige’s “100 Famous Views of Edo” (the city now known as Tokyo). If you’re unfamiliar with this monument of mid-19th-century Japanese woodblock art that, like Katsushika Hokusai’s “36 Views of Mount Fuji,” profoundly influenced Western modernism and its descendants, by all means ... More Firelei Báez, Fruta Fina, Fruta Estraña (Lee Monument), 2022. Oil and acrylic on archival printed canvas, 224.2 × 281.9 cm. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark. Donation: Deborah Beckmann & Jacob Kotzubei © Firelei Báez, courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Jackie Furtado. WOLFSBURG.- With dynamic compositions, intense color variety, and enigmatic motifs, the large-format paintings and expansive installations of the Dominican American artist Firelei Báez (b. 1981) know how to demand attention and invite the viewer into visually overwhelming experiences in today’s overstimulated culture. Following the acquisition of the installation Those who would douse it (2018) by Firelei ... More The man behind the Muppets How the Denisovans survived the Ice Age John Waters' Baltimore Ron Howard, director of the documentary “Jim Henson, Idea Man,” during a visit to Jim Henson’s Creature Shop in Queens on May 21, 2024. (Thomas Prior/The New York Times) NEW YORK, NY.- The new Disney+ documentary “Jim Henson Idea Man” conjures the life and mind of the visionary who created the Muppets and changed not only an art form, but also the parameters of storytelling. Directed by Ron Howard, and made with the participation of Henson’s children and longtime collaborators like Frank Oz — who played Bert to Henson’s Ernie, Miss Piggy to his Kermit the Frog — it’s a comprehensive portrait of a ... More A rib fragment that belonged to a Denisovan who lived in the Baishiya Karst Cave on the Tibetan Plateau some time between 48,000 and 32,000 years ago.(Dongju Zhang’s group/Lanzhou University via The New York Times) NEW YORK, NY.- The Baishiya Karst Cave is not an easy place to call home. It is nestled on a steep rocky slope on the Tibetan Plateau, 10,700 feet up, where the oxygen is thin and the climate cold and dry. But a series of expeditions to the cave in recent years have demonstrated that it was home to one of the most mysterious branches of humanity: a Neanderthal-like group of ... More John Waters, whose films have often drawn the ire of censors, looks on as curators fan out at his home in Baltimore, May 25, 2022. (Sinna Nasseri/The New York Times) NEW YORK, NY.- The 1998 John Waters film “Pecker” ends with an unlikely crowd carousing in a seedy basement bar/impromptu photo gallery in Baltimore. Strippers and one busty, enthusiastic art collector dance on tables as a talking Virgin Mary icon watches. It’s a jubilant, chaotic and naughty party open to anyone with a sense of humor, just the way the director likes it. Waters, 78, gained a cult following in the 1970s with delightfully ... More Museo Picasso Málaga to show a large-format installation by the South African artist William Kentridge Nara Roesler opens 'Co(r)respondences: Constructive Affinities/Painting as Surface' Heritage's July Entertainment Auction offers out of this world spaceships, costumes and artwork William Kentridge "More Sweetly Play the Dance", 2015. Eight channel HD film installation. Duration 15 minutes. Colección Fundació Sorigué © William Kentridge. Photo: Studio Hans Wilschut. Courtesy Lia Rumma Gallery. MALAGA.- “More Sweetly Play the Dance” by the South African artist William Kentridge (born Johannesburg, 1955) is a spectacular video installation measuring almost forty metres long. It presents an infinite procession of moving figures, a device regularly used ... More Installation view. NEW YORK, NY.- Co(r)respondences: Constructive Affinities/Painting as Surface is the second iteration of a curatorial idea driving group shows organized by structural affinities rather than art historical links. In this occasion works by artists represented by Nara Roesler Gallery are installed in dialogue vis-à -vis works by significant international artists, following two complementary aspects: the primacy of constructive-driven compositions, ... More Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (TCF, 1977), Screen Matched Hero "Gold Leader" / "TIE Killer" Y-wing Starfighter Filming Miniature with Lights. DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions’ latest Hollywood/Entertainment Signature ® Auction spans the vast expanses of the final frontier and a galaxy far, far away and everything in between. The July 25-26 event, now open for bidding, is a blast into hyperspace featuring beloved starships, iconic costumes and important artwork from the ... More Artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Takes on Pop Art More News The best documentaries of 2024, so far NEW YORK, NY.- Now that 2024 is half over, I’ve started collecting candidates for my list of the year’s best films — and that, of course, includes documentaries. I’ve written about many great nonfiction films already this year (including some favorites like “Songs of Earth,” “Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus” and “Art Talent Show”). Yet plenty fly under the radar, so I wanted to highlight three documentaries I haven’t written about that are worth your time. The first is “Spermworld” (Hulu), directed by Lance Oppenheim (who also made the recent, amazing HBO documentary series “Ren Faire”). Oppenheim’s singular style is dreamlike, heightening reality so it becomes poetic and unworldly. In this movie, he follows several “sperm kings,” men who connect with would-be parents looking for sperm donors via the internet, rather than at a sperm bank. The movie ... More Ordrupgaard to open an exhibition of works by British artist Flora Yukhnovich CHARLOTTENLUND.- Ordrupgaard presents the acclaimed British artist Flora Yukhnovich (b. 1990), in her first solo exhibition outside the United Kingdom, titled Into the Woods. Yukhnovich has been hailed as one of the great new masters of painting, destined to occupy a central place in art history. Using a sensuous visual language that lies between figuration and abstraction, Yukhnovich incorporates historical styles into her work – particularly Rococo. At the same time, she transcends conventional genre boundaries by traversing high culture and popular culture. In this exhibition, Yukhnovich invites her audience into an enchanted forest, reminiscent of the worlds of fantasy. Here the boundary between the conscious and the unconscious dissolves in the encounter with both the goddess Venus and the rap queen Nicki Minaj. ... More Sculptural fashion and body-related art in the TextielMuseum this November TILBURG.- Today’s world is marked by a fascinating interaction between the physical, the virtual and the social. Discussions about beauty ideals, the impact of technology on our self-image, and dialogues about cultural identity and gender roles are at the heart of SHAPE – body, fashion, identity at the TextielMuseum in Tilburg. The exhibition centres around the malleability of the body and the role of textiles and fashion in creating identities. Well-known fashion designs by artists such as Iris van Herpen are presented alongside the puffer coat from the popular series And Just Like That, digital fashion, body-related art, AI and intriguing installations created especially for this exhibition in the TextielLab. Fashion plays an increasingly important role in expressing who we are. Or who we want to be. It is like a second skin. We all surround and cover our ... More Exhibition challenges our perceptions of interconnectedness and transformation within the natural world BEIJING.- GALLERIA CONTINUA Beijing is presenting Qiu Zhijie’s solo exhibition “Eco-Lab”. This exhibition challenges our perceptions of interconnectedness and transformation within the natural world. The artist’s solo show showcases a fusion of art and science, reflecting the intricate relationships between the biosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere. “Eco-Lab” invites visitors to explore a higher dimension of consciousness and an acute awareness to our surroundings. The exhibition also highlights the profound interconnectedness of events and their simultaneous influences. The exhibition features a multitude of transformations happening simultaneously: organic growth and decay, geological and cosmic changes, and various human and natural processes. Visitors can witness plants growing through the artwork “The garden ... More Heritage's Historical Platinum Signature Auction spans Beethoven and Napoleon to Neil Armstrong and Harry Potter DALLAS, TX.- In the two years since Heritage debuted its Historical Platinum Signature® Auction, the semiannual event has become among the most anticipated on its auction calendar — for its breadth and depth and contents that span centuries and continents. It is also the rare Heritage event that traverses numerous categories, including Rare Books, Historical Manuscripts, Americana, Space Exploration and Arms & Armor. Here, bound in a single 97-lot event that takes place July 25, are letters and manuscripts handwritten by those who need no introduction, titans of history who shaped yesterdays and tomorrows in their respective images: Ludwig van Beethoven, George Washington, Albert ... More Celebrated Ruth Nelkin collection of Japanese woodblock prints brings $2.2 million at Heritage Auctions DALLAS, TX.- On Thursday, June 27, Heritage continued its successful run of auctions featuring works from the collection of Ruth Nelkin – in this case nearly 250 remarkable Japanese woodblock prints by such masters as Katsushika Hokusai, Takahashi Hiroaki, Yoshida Hiroshi and more. The event brought in $2.212 million, almost $500,000 above the auction's high estimate, with only two lots unsold. Some of Hokusai's most iconic works led the charge that day, with works by Hiroshi, Torii Kotondo and Kawase Hasui also landing in top-selling spots. Ruth Nelkin of Stamford, Connecticut and New York City was a collector known for her killer eye and exquisite taste in iconic Japanese prints, fine and antique jewelry, remarkable Fabergé and Russian works of art, virtuoso pieces of French art glass and a trove of classic American paintings. This ... More How big is Taylor Swift by the numbers? NEW YORK, NY.- You might have heard: Taylor Swift cannot be stopped. Her latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” sold 2.6 million copies in its opening week in April, earning Swift her eighth Billboard No. 1 album since 2020. At the Grammy Awards in February, she became the first artist to win album of the year for a fourth time, breaking a tie with Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon. And her “Eras Tour,” the stadium takeover that began last year, has resumed abroad before it returns to the United States in October. In 2023, according to the data tracking service Luminate, one in every 78 songs streamed in the U.S. was by Swift. With prolific artistic output and relentless business savvy, along with cultural dominance as a celebrity, Swift, 34, has created such momentum that she is likely more popular, more omnipresent, 19 years into her professional music career than ever. ... More Netflix show earns its Saudi creator plaudits, and a prison sentence RIYADH.- From the outside, the past few years looked like the peak of Abdulaziz Almuzaini’s career. As the head of an animation studio in Saudi Arabia, he signed a five-year deal with Netflix in 2020. A sardonic cartoon franchise that he helped create, “Masameer,” likened to a Saudi version of “South Park,” was soon streaming to audiences around the world. And as the conservative Islamic kingdom loosened up, Almuzaini was being publicly celebrated — as recently as a few months ago — as one of the homegrown talents shaping its nascent entertainment industry. Behind the scenes, though, he was on trial in an opaque national security court, as Saudi prosecutors — who accused him of promoting extremism through the cartoon series and social media posts — sought to ensure that he would spend the rest of his ... More A Jewish teen's diary recounts pain and resilience in a Nazi ghetto NEW YORK, NY.- It has not had the impact of Anne Frank’s classic journal, but another teenager’s diary from World War II has long provided a vivid picture of the miseries of life in a Jewish ghetto and the striking ways its doomed inhabitants endured. Now, beginning on July 17, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York City will focus attention on the diary of the teenager, Yitskhok Rudashevski, by making it the second installment in what the institute calls its “online museum” of Jewish history. In June 1941, at age 13, Yitskhok began chronicling daily life in Vilnius, Lithuania (Vilna in Yiddish). He recorded the German army’s takeover of the city from its Soviet occupiers, depicting the confinement of Vilnius’ 55,000 Jews into two ghettos and documenting the first reports of systematic ... More Australian designer Martin Grant gifts more than 200 designs to NGV MELBOURNE.- Today, the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) announced that celebrated Paris-based Australian fashion designer Martin Grant has generously gifted the institution more than 200 designs from his own personal archive. A leading figure globally, Martin Grant is known for his reinterpretation of wardrobe classics, creating timeless and elegant designs that exemplify his refined understanding of structure and volume. The gift encompasses more than three decades of Grant’s career, with designs spanning from the early 1990s, when he established his eponymous label in Paris, through to his recent and acclaimed autumn-winter 2019 collection. Offering an unprecedented insight into his creative process and milieu, the gift also includes a large gift of archival material; press clippings, runway footage, sketches and photographs. Upon arrival in Paris in the 1990s, Grant was c ... More International judge announced for The Walters Prize 2024 AUCKLAND.- Professor Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, highly regarded curator and author, has been appointed as the judge for this year’s Walters Prize, Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading contemporary art award. Currently the director and chief curator of Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) in Berlin, Germany, Professor Ndikung has recently been appointed as the chief curator for the 2025 Bienal de São Paulo. He has previously gained critical attention for his roles as artistic director of SAVVY Contemporary in Berlin; artistic director of sonsbeek 2020–2024, in Arnhem, the Netherlands; curator-at-large for Documenta 14, Greece and Kassel, guest curator of the Dak’Art biennale in Dakar, Senegal, artistic director for the 12th and 13th editions of the Bamako Encounters African Biennale of Photography in Mali, in 2019 and 2022; ... More PhotoGalleries Gabriele Münter TARWUK Awol Erizku Leo Villareal Flashback On a day like today, Belarusian-French painter Marc Chagall was born July 06, 1887. Marc Zakharovich Chagall (6 July [O.S. 24 June] 1887 - 28 March 1985) was a Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin. An early modernist, he was associated with several major artistic styles and created works in virtually every artistic format, including painting, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramic, tapestries and fine art prints. In this image: Marc Chagall, Paradise, 1961. Oil on hardboard. H: 43.5 cm, W: 58 cm. Musée National Marc Chagall, Nice © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée national Marc Chagall) / Gérard Blot / ADAGP, Paris - SACK, Seoul, 2018. © 1996 - 2024 Founder: Ignacio Villarreal (1941 - 2019) Editor & Publisher: Jose Villarreal Art Director: Juan José Sepúlveda Ramírez Writer: Ofelia Zurbia Betancourt

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