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An exceptional fossil skull of Chilecebus carrascoensis, a 20-million-year-old primate from the Andes mountains of Chile. © AMNH/N. Wong and M. Ellison.
NEW YORK, NY.- It has long been thought that the brain size of anthropoid primatesa diverse group of modern and extinct monkeys, humans, and their nearest kinprogressively increased over time. New research on one of the oldest and most complete fossil primate skulls from South America shows instead that the pattern of brain evolution in this group was far more checkered. The study, published today in the journal Science Advances and led by researchers from the American Museum of Natural History, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the University of California Santa Barbara, suggests that the brain enlarged repeatedly and independently over the course of anthropoid history, and was more complex in some early members of the group than previously recognized. Human beings have exceptionally enlarged brains, but we know very little about how far back this key trait started to develop, said lead author Xijun Ni, a research associate ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Design Museum Holon is presenting The Conversation Show, an original exhibition featuring five commissioned installations that explore the mutual interchange and creative process between leading designers working together as a duo or group.
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| | See grand vistas and spectacular sights without leaving the city at New-York historical Society | | Akron Art Museum adds work by Jenny Holzer to its collection | | The personal passions and public causes of Prince Albert are revealed in new online exhibition |
John Frederick Kensett (18161872), View from Cozzens Hotel, near West Point, N.Y., 1863. Oil on canvas. Robert L. Stuart Collection, the gift of his widow Mrs. Mary Stuart, S-189.
NEW YORK, NY.- Grand waterfalls. Sweeping river views. Majestic cities. Gritty streetscapes. New-York Historical Societys new exhibition is a feast for the eyes. Panoramas: The Big Picture, on view August 23 December 8, 2019, explores wide-angle, birds-eye imagery from the 17th to the 20th century, revealing the influence that panoramas had on everything from mass entertainment to nationalism to imperial expansion. Through more than 20 panoramas, the exhibition presents the history of the all-encompassing medium in New York City, San Francisco, and beyond. The outstanding works from our collection displayed in Panoramas: The Big Picture bring us back to a time before IMAX or virtual reality, when immersive artworks transported viewers to grand vistas that transformed our vision of the world, said Dr. Louise Mirrer, president and ... More | |
Jenny Holzer, All Fall, text: Truisms (1977 79); Living (1980 82) and Survival (1983 85), array of five double-sided LED signs with stainless steel housings: blue and green diodes on front, red and yellow diodes on back, 103 ½ x 95 x 103 ½ in., Collection of the Akron Art Museum, Museum Acquisition Fund 2018.14, ©Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY, Photo: Xavier Duran, Courtesy Sprüth Magers.
AKRON, OH.- A signature artwork by groundbreaking, internationally celebrated artist Jenny Holzer is coming to the Akron Art Museum, for keeps. The museum has acquired All Fall (2012), a sculptural installation consisting of LED signs that broadcast classic texts written by the artist in the late 1970s through the mid-1980s. Holzer, an Ohio-born and educated artist, is a major figure in late 20th and early 21st century art. Her work explores new possibilities in digital-based sculpture and she pioneered the use of information technology as social intervention. Museum staff will install All Fall in the museums Sandra L. and Dennis B. Haslinger ... More | |
After Roger Fenton, Prince Albert, May 1854, 1889 copy of the original. Royal Collection Trust/ © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019.
LONDON.- More than 17,500 photographs, prints and private and official papers relating to Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, are published online today, 23 August 2019, the majority publicly available for the first time. The new website Prince Albert: His Life and Legacy (albert.rct.uk) sheds fresh light on Alberts contribution as Queen Victorias unofficial Private Secretary, a guide and mentor to some of the greatest national projects of his day, university chancellor, art historian, collector, and patron of art, architecture and design. It gives new insight into Alberts achievements before his premature death at the age of 42, his impact on Victorian society and his influence on our world today. As part of the Prince Albert Digitisation Project, by the end of 2020 some 23,500 items from the Royal Archives, the Royal Collection and the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 will be published online. ... More |
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| | MoMA announces publication on Japanese structural design from 1950 through today | | Major new film on Leonardo da Vinci in cinemas from October 2019 | | Rare Flemish painting comes to market at Cheffins |
Kawaguchi Mamoru (architect and engineer). Fuji Pavilion, Expo 70, Osaka. Exterior view. Completed 1970. Courtesy Kawaguchi & Engineers.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art announced the publication of Structured Lineages: Learning from Japanese Structural Design. Originally delivered as talks at a symposium held at The Museum of Modern Art in 2016, on the occasion of the exhibition A Japanese Constellation: Toyo Ito, SANAA, and Beyond, the 10 essays gathered in this volume offer insight into the collaborations between architects and structural engineers that engendered many of the most important buildings erected in Japan after 1945, with special focus on the work of Kawaguchi Mamoru, Kimura Toshihiko, Matsui Gengo, Saitō Masao, Sasaki Mutsurō, and Tsuboi Yoshikatsu. Charting a largely unexplored history in a manner at once scholarly and accessible, these conversations ... More | |
Filming Leonardo at the Uffizi. © Exhibition on Screen.
LONDON.- Beginning its much anticipated seventh season, Exhibition on Screen offers an unprecedented look at arguably the worlds most celebrated artist: Leonardo da Vinci. Premiering in cinemas for a strictly limited run from 29th October 2019 Leonardo: The Works is part of the global celebration marking the 500th anniversary of the artists death. Many feature films have showcased the genius of Leonardo but none have ever examined in such detail the most crucial element of all: his art. Leonardos peerless paintings will be at the core of Leonardo: The Works, captured in staggering high-definition as never seen in cinemas until now. Notably, the film presents every single painting attributed to Leonardo, offering unparalleled access for the first time. Amidst this collection of masterpieces, cinema-goers will marvel at The Last Supper, Lady with an Ermine, Ginevra de Benci, ... More | |
Huybrecht Beuckelaer painting of a fruit and vegetable, poultry and game seller with the Old Church of Delft beyond.
CAMBRIDGE.- A painting bought at a provincial auction in the early 1960s by an art-savvy Essex GP is expected to be one of the star lots at Cheffins Fine Sale in Cambridge on 11th and 12th September. The oil painting, by Flemish painter Huybrecht Beuckelaer (born circa 1535/40 1605/1624), has been given a pre-sale estimate of £20,000 to £30,000. Dr Ted Palmer, who died ten years ago, was a lifelong collector of paintings, and recognised the quality of the early Flemish painting despite its condition and secured it inexpensively under the noses of many local dealers. Once the painting was cleaned, Dr Palmer was puzzled somewhat to unearth the signature Huberius Beuckelaer 15 (?8)5, and the only reference he could find was for a Joachim Beuckelaer, so he assumed it must be by him. ... More |
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| | Exhibition at Boca Raton Museum of Art invites viewers to honor the women astronomers | | Mobile cinema brings movie magic to Syria Kurd children | | Berlin's Museum of Decorative Arts explores the world of fashion design and hairstyling of African origin |
Maria Mitchell Looking Through a Telescope, painting by Herminia B. Dassel, circa 1851.
BOCA RATON, FLA.- As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first landing on the moon, the Boca Raton Museum of Art pays tribute to this milestone year by charting a different course that stands out from the rest, with the new exhibition Carol Prusa: Dark Light. On this journey, the artist invites viewers to honor the women astronomers who originally helped map the stars as she takes flight across the mysteries of deep space. Her new exhibition is curated by Kathleen Goncharov, the Senior Curator of the Museum, and features never-before-seen works created specifically for this show - meticulous creations handmade by the artist using her signature silverpoint technique. The exhibition opens August 20 and remains on view until January 19. The artist, Carol Prusa, lives in Boca Raton and currently teaches painting as a Professor of Art at Florida Atlantic University. "When we get too distracted by the details ... More | |
Men watch as children attend a film screening as part of the mobile cinema "Komina Film" initiative. DELIL SOULEIMAN / AFP.
SANJAQ SAADUN (AFP).- In a schoolyard of rural northeastern Syria, boys and girls break out into giggles watching Charlie Chaplin's pranks, a rare treat thanks to a mobile cinema roving through the countryside. In Kurdish-held areas of the northeast, filmmaker Shero Hinde is screening films in remote villages using just a laptop, projector and a canvas screen. "We've already shown films in towns but we wanted children in the villages to enjoy them too," said the bespectacled 39-year-old with thick greying curly hair. With some films dubbed into Kurdish and others subtitled, he and a team of volunteers want to spread their love of cinema across Rojava, the Kurdish name of the semi-autonomous northeast of war-torn Syria. "Our goal is that in a year's time, there won't be a kid in Rojava who hasn't been to the cinema," the Kurdish filmmaker said. Sitting ... More | |
Ken Aïcha Sy, Baadaye, Awa, 2019, © Yannik Ntap.
BERLIN.- For the first time Berlins Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts) is dedicating an exhibition to the complex and versatile world of fashion design and hairstyling of African origin. Connecting Afro Futures. Fashion Hair Design opens the museum up to decolonial fashion discourses and at the same time takes a position in the current discussion about the direction of museums and their collections. Fashion is a system with rules of its own and is regarded as a pacemaker of social change. An innovative generation of designers of African origin is currently rethinking contemporary African fashion and hairstyling beyond the (neo)colonial patterns of thought and beauty norms. The continent and its diaspora are in the process of breaking up the still existing hegemony of the Western fashion system and establishing new design hubs throughout Africa. The dynamic engagement of the protagonists in the v ... More |
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| | Art Gallery of South Australia presents its most expansive display of Islamic art | | Painting of William Wilberforce is Coming Home | | Vivian Suter's first Boston exhibition features a gallery-sized installation |
Installation view: Curator James Bennett in No god but God: The art of Islam, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2019; photo: Saul Steed.
ADELAIDE.- From 24 August 2019, the Art Gallery of South Australia will present its largest and most expansive collection display of Islamic art to date. Spanning the past twelve centuries and including pivotal works from across the globe, No god but God: The art of Islam dissects the intimate connection between faith and art in Islam across the ages. Presented as part of the Adelaide Festival Centres OzAsia Festival 2019, No god but God takes its title from the Muslim Declaration of Faith, There is no god but God and Muhammad is his messenger. The display encompasses the geographical distance between Morocco and Australia and includes numerous recent acquisitions and works of art shown to the public for the first time. Key elements of Islamic art such as manuscripts, miniatures, coins, jewellery, costumes and textiles will be included in the exhibition. No god but God draws on AGSAs collection, ... More | |
William Wilberforce by Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1828 © National Portrait Gallery, London.
HULL.- Sir Thomas Lawrences famous portrait of William Wilberforce will be exhibited in Hull as part of a major project, Coming Home, launched by the National Portrait Gallery. The Coming Home project sees the National Portrait Gallery lend 50 portraits of iconic individuals to places across the UK where they are most closely associated. This country-wide initiative will enable the Gallery to work with local museums, galleries and other venues and provide communities across the country with the opportunity to celebrate their local heroes. William Wilberforce was born in 1759, the son of a Hull merchant. In 1780, Wilberforce was elected MP for Hull, and through tireless efforts, became the parliamentary spokesperson for the campaign to abolish the Transatlantic Slave Trade. In 1833, just weeks after Wilberforce died; the Slavery Act was passed which abolished slavery in the British colonies. Sir Lawrences unfinished portrait of Wilberforce holds a special place in the history of Br ... More | |
Installation view, Vivian Suter, The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2019. Photo by Mel Taing. © Vivian Suter.
BOSTON, MASS.- On August 21, The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston opened the first Boston presentation of Argentine-Swiss artist Vivian Suter (b. 1949, Buenos Aires, Argentina), who has been living and working Guatemala since the 1980s. Comprised of dozens of individual mixed-media paintings, this exhibition features a single installation by Suter in which unstretched canvases flood the gallery, creating a canopy of color and shape evocative of the natural environment surrounding her home and studio in Panajachel, Guatemala. On view from August 21 through December 31, 2019, Vivian Suter is organized by Ruth Erickson, Mannion Family Curator. Vivian Suters approach to installing her paintings is incredibly unique, says Erickson. She layers, suspends, and rotates her canvases, inviting visitors to meander through her work and its sumptuous gestures and colors. Suter works in ... More |
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The ABCs of Cephalopods with Conservation Biologist Samantha Cheng
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Survey of paintings in a variety of media by Firelei Báez on view at the Mennello Museum of American Art
ORLANDO, FLA.- Immersion into Compounded Time and the Paintings of Firelei Báez presents a survey of paintings in a variety of media by internationally renowned artist, Firelei Báez on view June 7th September 1st, 2019 at the Mennello Museum of American Art. Báezs practice investigates the visibility and the construction of complex cultural identities, especially for those within the Afro-Caribbean diaspora, and how notions of selfhood are constructed, perceived, displayed, and read in todays global world. Her art converges at a beautiful demonstration of portraiture and intricate metaphors that give rise to powerful narratives of overlooked histories and obscured memories voiced for those in the present, merging geography, legend, and representation. Within the diverse cultural landscape of Florida, Báezs work catalyzes and projects shared ... More
Artist calls attention to need for healing through an Indigenous philosophy
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO.- The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College presents the special exhibition Melanie Yazzie: Finding Oneself Again and Again, opening Aug. 24, 2019. The exhibition presents 36 new print art works selected from more than 300 works created last year by Boulder based artist Melanie Yazzie to show alongside a recent sculpture and two textiles by her grandmothers. Yazzies earlier works call attention to the harsh realities of racism, poverty, and loss of home territories. While continuing to acknowledge these struggles, she now layers her artworks with recuperative images. Her art is informed by the Diné philosophy of hozho translated as blessings, beauty, and harmony -- that aid in healing and balancing the negative effects of settler colonialism Indigenous people live with on a daily basis. I remember ... More
Gallery 1957 opens an exhibition of works by Ivorian photographer and mixed media artist Joana Choumali
ACCRA.- This August, Gallery 1957 presents a solo exhibition by the award-winning Ivorian photographer and mixed media artist Joana Choumali, running from 24 August- 5 October 2019. Presenting new and recent works which blend photography with collage and embroidery, the exhibition will include works from the series Ãa Va Aller, Translation, and Albahian. It will also debut additional works inspired by the artists early-morning explorations of Accra in the summer of 2019; marking a departure for the artist, this latest body of work sees the artist working on a larger scale (up to 2m x 1m), for the first time. Choumali is known particularly for her photography work, including the critically-lauded series Hââbré/The Last Generation documenting portraits of a last generation of scarified Burkinabè men and women living in Abidjan, as well as individuals from Niger, Nigeria, ... More
Sullivan+Strumpf now representing Maria Fernanda Cardoso
SYDNEY.- One of Asia-Pacifics leading contemporary art galleries, Sullivan+Strumpf announced its representation of renowned Colombian Australian artist Maria Fernanda Cardoso. Born in Bogota, Colombia and based in Sydney, Cardoso is internationally recognised for her inventive sculpture, installation, performance, video and photography, which blend nature, art and science to explore the biological structure of living creatures. Using research as the basis of her practice, she collaborates with scientists, cinematographers, microscopists, videographers, sound-artists, industrial designers and landscape architects to express inspirations from the natural world in unconventional ways. Many of her works are long-term projects and present beautifully intricate visualisations of microscopic insights into the geometries within biology, like the ... More
Lyman Allyn Art Museum showcases sculptural works by Gilbert Boro
NEW LONDON, CONN.- The Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces the opening of Knot Theory: Sculptural Works by Gilbert Boro, on view August 24 through October 27, 2019. Knot Theory: Sculptural Works by Gilbert Boro is the latest exhibit in Lyman Allyns Near :: New contemporary series. Boro, of Old Lyme, is an abstract sculptor, architect, educator and international design consultant, whose sculptures focus on the interplay of space, place and form. As the name suggests, Knot Theory highlights Boros knot sculptures, exploring their intricate shapes and figures. The exhibition will be on view in Glassenberg Gallery on the museums first floor. In my work I prefer formal clarity to ornamentality, Boro said. I rely on variations of complementary elements, such as planes juxtaposed with curves. My materials are stone, steel, wood, aluminum and plastics. ... More
Smithsonian celebrates 25th anniversary of program bringing exhibitions to rural America
WASHINGTON, DC.- Since 1994, the Smithsonian has collaborated with state humanities councils and other state partners to bring exhibitions and cultural resources to small towns across the country through Museum on Main Street (MoMS). The first town to host a MoMS exhibitionProduce for Victory: Posters on the American Homefront, 1941-1945was Moreland, Georgia, with a population of 449. Moreland was the first of thousands of small, rural towns that have welcomed the Smithsonian program aimed at increasing awareness of local history. The Smithsonian celebrates the 25th anniversary of MoMS as it begins simultaneous, year-long state tours of the exhibition Crossroads: Change in Rural America. Crossroads looks at the remarkable impact of economic and societal changes in the 20th century and the ways that rural Americans responded. ... More
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum welcomes artist Josephine Halvorson
SANTA FE, NM.- The Georgia OKeeffe Museum welcomes its first Artist-in-Residence, Josephine Halvorson. A painter from Massachusetts, she joins the OKeeffe through August 28, 2019, to interact with the Museums collection and the northern New Mexican landscape, prompting new artistic creations. Her results will feature as part of the Museums 2020 installment of its ongoing Contemporary Voices series. Halvorson frequently works in the plein air tradition, painting outdoors. Its not about copying so much as it is about translating a sensation, the experience of being in a place and paying attention to something over the course of many hours, she says. Her artistic practice also includes sculpture, printmaking, and drawing. Halvorson grew up on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where she first studied art on the beaches of Provincetown. She attended ... More
Revelry and re-creation as Singapore Night Festival transforms the Bras Basah.Bugis district
SINGAPORE.- From thumping percussion beats by renowned Argentinean troupe Fuerza Bruta, to the soothing waves of art installation Whispers, the Singapore Night Festival returns for its 12th edition, with a plethora of experiences to transform Singapores Bras Basah.Bugis district into an arts and cultural oasis from 23 to 31 August 2019. Festival Director, Angelita Teo, said, SNF is 12 years old and many of our festivalgoers have grown along with us on our festival journey. Year on year, they have come to expect new experiences that transform the Bras Basah.Bugis district, challenging them to see these spaces in a new light. This year will be no different with stunning light art installations, performances and programmes presented by local and international artists. And in a nod to the Singapore Bicentennial, some of these will feature ... More
Powerhouse appoints Stephen Todd as the Creative Director of Sydney Design Week 2020
SYDNEY.- The Powerhouse has today announced the appointment of esteemed writer and editor Stephen Todd as the Creative Director of Sydney Design Week 2020. Todd will draw on his specialised expertise in design to create a dynamic seven-day program directly responding to the design industry. Taking place from September 16-22 2020, Sydney Design Week will refine the previously titled Sydney Design Festival into a dedicated program focusing on the local Australian Design industry whilst also reflecting on internationally applicable design themes within the context of Australias place in the Asia Pacific. Stephen Todd is a writer, editor and creative director with 25 years of international experience across design, architecture, fashion and art. He launched French fashion and culture titles, Numéro and Jalouse magazine, and has written for publications ... More
University Archives' to offer items signed by Albert Einstein, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson and others
WESTPORT, CONN.- A letter typed in English and signed by Albert Einstein in which he talks about his theory of universal gravitation, a document signed in 1776 by John Hancock having to do with taxation without representation, and a letter written and signed by Thomas Jefferson six weeks before his death are expected top lots in University Archives online auction, August 28th. The auction will begin at 10:30 am Eastern time. Live bidding has already been posted online and bidding is available via LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and Auctionzip.com. The auction is packed with sensational historical documents, autographs and books, including a large science collection 255 lots in all. Folks can visit the website, at www.UniversityArchives.com. This scintillating sale includes a science grouping thats sure to attract collectors and dealers ... More
Traveling exhibition of South African beadwork opens at Springfield Art Museum
SPRINGFIELD, MO.- The Springfield Art Museum welcomed Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence. This traveling exhibition presents a spectacular overview of a new form of bead art, the ndwango (cloth), developed by a community of women living and working together in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The plain black fabric that serves as a foundation for the Ubuhle womens exquisite beadwork is reminiscent of the Xhosa headscarves and skirts that many of them wore growing up. By stretching this textile like a canvas, the artists use colored Czech glass beads to transform the flat cloth into a contemporary art form of remarkable visual depth. Using skills handed down through generations and working in their own unique style directly from the soul (in the words of artist Ntombephi Ntobela), the women create abstract, ... More
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Ed Sheeran exhibition
Thannhauser Collection
Photography & Video Art @ Bucerius Kunst Forum
Globe workshop
Flashback On a day like today, German-born photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt died August 24, 1995. Alfred Eisenstaedt (December 6, 1898 - August 24, 1995) was a German-born American photographer and photojournalist. He is best known for his photograph of the V-J Day celebration and for his candid photographs, frequently made using a 35mm Leica camera. In this image: Harold Gray, chairman of the board of United Technologies Corp., points to a print as he discusses the photo with photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt at Manhattanâs International Center for Photography in New York on Jan. 22, 1981. The display of photographs titled âEisenstaedt Germanyâ was organized by the Smithsonian Institution of Washington and made possible by United Technologies
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