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The Pompidou Center, which has opened several outposts far from its Paris home, plans to open its first North American satellite in Jersey City. A rendering of Centre Pompidou x Jersey City. Via OMA via The New York Times.
by Julia Jacobs
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- In recent years, the Pompidou Center in Paris has tried to extend its reach globally by opening museum outposts in cities hundreds, sometimes thousands, of miles away. In 2015, it opened one in Málaga, Spain; in 2018, in Brussels; one year later, in Shanghai. So whats the next destination for the art museum and cultural center? Jersey City, New Jersey, naturally. The institutions president, Serge Lasvignes, and Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop were to announce Friday that the city plans to turn a century-old industrial building in Journal Square into the Pompidous first North American satellite. If the City Council approves the plan, the museum, which is expected to open in early 2024, will have access to art from the Pompidous collection of about 120,000 works and to its array of experts as well as the benefit of being associated with one of Paris most popular cultural attractions. Our idea is to be confront ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day An NFT titled 'SHIFT//' by Mad Dog Jones is on display during a press preview of the Natively Digital: A Curated NFT Sale at Sotheby's on June 04, 2021 in New York City. Cindy Ord/Getty Images/AFP.
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| The Georgia Museum of Art book wins national award | | Takashi Murakami helps present art fair's 'Super-Rough' in SoHo | | Two immersive sculpture installations by Leonardo Drew on view at the Wadsworth |
The exhibition catalogue Master, Pupil, Follower: 16th- to 18th-Century Italian Works on Paper, published by the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia.
ATHENS, GA.- The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia has received an honorable mention from the Eric Hoffer Book Awards in the art category for its exhibition catalogue Master, Pupil, Follower: 16th- to 18th-Century Italian Works on Paper. This fully illustrated publication of important works of Italian art was also shortlisted for the Hoffers grand prize and is a finalist in the Foreword INDIES for art books. It was designed by the Brooklyn-based firm Morcos Key. The exhibition Master, Pupil, Follower was on display at the Georgia Museum of Art from December 2019 through March 2020. The book features illustrations and entries for each of the 32 works in the exhibition by co-curators Robert Randolf Coleman, Nelda Damiano and Benedetta Spadaccini as well as Sonia Couturier. It also features essays by Coleman and museum director William ... More | |
Masato and I Visit the Ise Grand Shrine (2021) by Kazumi Kamae, is included in "Super-Rough, a selection of some 200 sculptural works by an international roster of art brut and outsider artists. Kazumi Kamae and Yukiko Koide Presents via The New York Times.
by Edward M. Gómez
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- This years Outsider Art Fair in New York City took the form of an online event with in-person exhibitions at a handful of galleries. Next year, this fair, which typically takes place at the end of January, will open in early February at its usual Chelsea location. Now, the fairs organizers have produced Super-Rough, a selection of about 200 sculptural works by an international roster of art brut and outsider artists, with Takashi Murakami as guest curator. The exhibition which opens Wednesday at 150 Wooster St., in the SoHo neighborhood, and runs through June 27 will offer a survey of welded-metal, carved-stone, ... More | |
Leonardo Drew. Image by Randy Dodson. Courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
HARTFORD, CONN.- Two monumental installations of site-specific sculpture by contemporary artist Leonardo Drew are on view at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut, now residing in Brooklyn, New York, Drew responds to a longstanding fascination with the life cycle by simulating material decomposition and transformation in his work. In this two-part project he has planned an interactive, outdoor sculptural landscape spanning the museums Main Street lawn and an expansive three-dimensional work that the artist refers to as an explosion for the museums Main Street lobby. The exterior sculpture is on view June 4 through November 14, 2021 and the interior sculpture will be on view June 18 through January 2, 2022. The Wadsworth is thrilled to be presenting two major, site-specific projects with internationally-recognized artist Leonardo Drew, said Patricia Hickson, the ... More |
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| Sotheby's sells first NFT that sparked a craze | | The Morgan Library & Museum acquires Ashley Bryan's 'Sail Away' | | The Met announces gift from the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation to support five fellowships |
An NFT titled 'Quantum' by Kevin McCoy is on display during a press preview of the upcoming Natively Digital: A Curated NFT Sale at Sotheby's on June 04, 2021 in New York City. 2 Cindy Ord/Getty Images/AFP.
NEW YORK, NY (AFP).- The first non-fungible token (NFT) ever created, the origin of a craze that is sweeping the art market, has gone on sale at Sotheby's. "Quantum" is an octagon-shaped animation by New York artist Kevin McCoy. It became the first work to be associated with a NFT-type certificate of ownership in May 2014, three years before the term NFT was coined. An NFT is a digital object such as a drawing, animation, piece of music, photo, or video with a certificate of authenticity created by blockchain technology. It cannot be forged or otherwise manipulated. Sotheby's has no pre-sale estimate for "Quantum", which had already reached $140,000 on Friday, a day after it went on sale. The sale ends on June 10. "In 10 years looking back, if in fact these are to grow, this piece can represent and symbolize the start of something that is ... More | |
Ashley Bryan, Sea Calm (from Sail Away) 2015 (detail). The Morgan Library & Museum, Gift of the Ashley Bryan Center, 2021.25:9r. Photography by Janny Chiu, 2021. © 2015 The Ashley Bryan Center. Used with Permission. All Rights Reserved.
NEW YORK.- The Morgan Library & Museum announced the acquisition of the preliminary drawings and collages that appear in Ashley Bryans 2015 book Sail Away (Simon & Schuster). Generously given to the museum by the Ashley Bryan Center, the splendid gift is a particularly fitting one. As both a library and a museuman institution for great works of both literature and artthe Morgan serves as the perfect home for Sail Away, in which Bryans magical cut-paper collage compositions illuminate the stirring words of one of our countrys most important poets, Langston Hughes. For the book, Bryan chose poems by Hughes on the subject of seas, sailing, and rivers, including his iconic poem The Negro Speaks of Rivers. This gift marks the first major collection of materials created ... More | |
Study Room for Drawings and Prints. Photo courtesy of The Met.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today a generous gift from the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation to fund five fellowship positions in the Museums Department of Drawings and Prints. These paid positions include four yearlong fellowships and one interdisciplinary fellowship of two years that combines curatorial, conservation, and scientific studies. The fellowships will begin in fall 2022, with applications available in September 2021. We are deeply grateful to the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation for initiating and sponsoring these meaningful fellowships for emerging museum professionalsa testament to the Foundations longtime dedication to broadening access to the arts and fostering the next generation of cultural leaders, said Max Hollein, Marina Kellen French Director of The Met. This significant funding helps to strengthen our ongoing commitment to being ... More |
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| 'Maritime Masterpieces': The salty sea air of harbour life across six centuries | | David Zwirner now representing Portia Zvavahera | | Pace opens concurrent exhibitions of JR's work in London and New York |
Ludolf Bakhuizen, Storm op de Hollandse kust, 1682, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Foto door Studio Tromp.
ROTTERDAM.- With Maritime Masterpieces the Maritime Museum Rotterdam is opening the coda to the Boijmans Next Door series, bringing together more than 70 treasures from the two collections. Celebrated works by Bosch, Monet and other masters, dating from the 16th to the 21st century, join forces to tell this tale of marine life and art. The post-lockdown reopening of museums on 5 June means that the public can at last visit the brand-new Maritime Masterpieces exhibition in the Maritime Museum Rotterdam. From art-historical and marine perspectives, the exhibition tells the tale of shipping and ports over the last six centuries, as well as peoples lived experiences in these settings. Maritime Masterpieces brings together more than 70 works, masterpieces from the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and the Maritime Museum. Older works by Hieronymus Bosch, Hendrik Avercamp, ... More | |
Portrait of Portia Zvavahera. Photo by Mario Todeschini © Portia Zvavahera. Courtesy Stevenson and David Zwirner.
NEW YORK, NY.- David Zwirner announced the representation of the Zimbabwean artist Portia Zvavahera in collaboration with Stevenson gallery. The gallery will present an exhibition of new work by Zvavahera in New York in the fall of 2021. Zvavaheras work will also be a part of Program, David Zwirners global livestreaming event on June 10. In her paintings, Zvavahera gives form to emotions that manifest from other realms and dimensions beyond the domains of everyday life and thought. Her vivid imagery is rooted in the cornerstones of our earthly existencelife and death, pain and pleasure, isolation and connection, and love and loss. Drawing on particular traditions of figuration in past and present Zimbabwe, Zvavaheras compositions also point to postwar artistic practices that probe the nature of the human condition. Joining an intimate process of self-reflection with her singular perspective, ... More | |
JR, The Wrinkles of the City, Action in Shanghai, Wu Zheng Zhu, Chine, 2010 (detail). Color print, mounted on dibond, matt Plexiglas, flushed wooden black frame, 125 cm à 188 cm à 7 cm (49-3/16" à 74" à 2-3/4"). © JR, courtesy Pace Gallery.
LONDON.- Pace is presenting two exhibitions of leading contemporary artist, JRJR: Eye to the World in London, and JR: Tehachapi in New York. Marking the gallerys first London exhibition with the artist, JR: Eye to the World opened on June 4 on the occasion of London Gallery Weekend. JRs practice is rooted in his deep commitment to collaborating with individuals and communities alike. His work is characterised by large-scale photographic interventions in urban environments that address cultural and political issues, often with an emphasis on social justice. Each portrait holds a multitude of stories as JR expertly balances the macroscopic with the microscopic, the individual experience with the universal. An extensive online catalogue of accompanying videos, images and texts can be found via the exhibition pages on the Pace ... More |
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| Exhibition at Eye Filmmuseum marks 50 years of International Film Festival Rotterdam | | The Indian who took the Beatles home for tea | | Art Gallery of New South Wales announces winners of Archibald, Wynne, and Sulman prizes |
Lucrecia Martel, The Passage, 2021. Installation with depth cameras, 3 LCD screens and sound. Photo: Studio Hans Wilschut.
AMSTERDAM.- Five leading filmmakers from five continents have been invited to take part in the jubilee exhibition Vive le cinéma!, marking 50 years of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and the 75 years of Eye Filmmuseum. These directors were each invited to make a work specially for the exhibition that exploits the three-dimensional gallery space instead of the two-dimensional cinema screen. They each created for some it was the first time a cinematographic installation that explores the boundaries of their work and of the art of film in general. Eye and IFFR are celebrating in this way the unlimited power and diversity of world cinema, which is so vital for their programming. Jia Zhang-ke (born in Fenyang, China, in 1970) represents the voice of Chinese independent cinema. Films like Platform (2000) and Still Life (2006) often explore the intersection of fiction and documentary. Social observation ... More | |
In this file photo taken on June 19, 2018, Ajit Singh, owner of the music shop who fixed John Lennon's guitar and performed at George Harrison's 25th birthday party when the Beatles stayed at an ashram in nearby Rishikesh 50 years ago in 1968, poses for a picture in Dehradun. Singh, the Indian music shop owner who befriended the Beatles during their magical mystery trip in Rishikesh over half a century ago, has died aged 88. Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP.
NEW DELHI (AFP).- Ajit Singh, the Indian music shop owner who befriended the Beatles during their magical mystery trip in Rishikesh over half a century ago, has died aged 88. In February 1968 the Fab Four fetched up at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram (retreat) in northern India, seeking spirituality, new experiences and refuge from Beatlemania back home. Energised by their new surroundings overlooking the Ganges river, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr wrote much of their seminal "White Album" there. Turbaned, thin and with a croaky voice, Singh recalled in an interview with AFP in 2019 the band wandering into his ... More | |
Winner Archibald Prize 2021: Peter Wegner, Portrait of Guy Warren at 100. Oil on canvas, 120.5 x 151.5 cm © the artist. Photo: AGNSW, Jenni Carter. Sitter: Guy Warren.
SYDNEY.- Melbourne-based artist Peter Wegner has won the 2021 Archibald Prize and $100,000 for his portrait of artist Guy Warren AM, titled Portrait of Guy Warren at 100. A six-time Archibald Prize finalist, Wegner painted 100 year old Warren, coinciding with the 100 year anniversary of Australias oldest and most-loved portrait award. Speaking from Melbourne, Wegner was emotional when Art Gallery of NSW director Michael Brand delivered the news that his brilliant portrait of Guy Warren was the winner of the 2021 Archibald Prize. When Michael called, my wife burst into tears, and I was speechless. This is an unbelievable moment in my life. Its the culmination of years of my time in the studio and validation of my work. When I think about the canon of all the previous winners and I get to be one of those names, especially in the 100th year, it is just an extraordinary ... More |
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Charleston presents a new series of work by Lisa Brice
FIRLE, NEAR LEWES.- Charleston reopened in Spring 2021 with a presentation of new work by South African artist Lisa Brice. The exhibition forms part of a season at Charleston addressing the historic relationship between artist and model and is being shown alongside the first major retrospective of the work of Nina Hamnett. For her solo exhibition at Charleston, Brice presents a new series of works on paper that continues her ongoing interest in challenging traditional depictions of the female nude. Brices paintings and works on paper contest the often-misogynistic nature of art historical figuration typically painted by white men for white men by taking ownership over how women are portrayed. Acknowledging the parameters of art history, Brices works echo iconic compositions by artists such as Vallotton, Degas, Manet and Picasso but lend ... More
Two artist films reveal the dreams, concerns and activism of young Londoners
LONDON.- A Glittering City presents two films by London based artist Ayo Akingbade (b.1994, UK); a new Whitechapel Gallery commission, Fire in My Belly (2021), and Dear Babylon (2019). In both, Akingbade forges conversations on urbanism, gentrification, power and resilience, her work sharing hopeful dreams for the future as much as they are pragmatic calls to action. Premiering at Whitechapel Gallery this summer, Fire in My Belly is an artist collaboration with the Gallerys youth collective, Duchamp & Sons. Together through workshops, screenings and fieldwork in East London, the group explored ideas of place and belonging, tracing memories of displacement and the meaning of home over a period of six months to create the film. Fire in My Belly brings these young Londoners together to discuss what community means to them. Echoing ... More
Mauritshuis The Hague reopens its doors to the public 5 June with 'Fleeting' exhibition
THE HAGUE.- After a long closure due to national Covid restrictions, the Mauritshuis will once again be opening its doors to the public on Saturday 5 June, from 10 a.m. on. Visitors are requested to purchase an entry ticket with a time slot beforehand via the website. The run of Fleeting Scents in Colour has been extended, with the exhibition now ending on 29 August. Martine Gosselink: This was a long time coming, meaning we are even more delighted to once again welcome people to the museum. While our Fleeting exhibition actually opened in February, no one has had the opportunity to view it yet! Similar to last year, we will be adhering to the guidelines set by the Dutch Museums Association. This will ensure that a visit to the Mauritshuis is and remains safe. The Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Goldfinch, View of Delft, Rembrandt, ... More
Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson opens an exhibition of works by Eugène Atget
PARIS.- Approximately two generations separate these two photographers. Eugène Atget gave up a career as an actor, Henri Cartier-Bresson that of a painter, in order to pursue a relatively new art: photographic recording. In an un precedented double exhibition and a new approach, Fondation HCB (June 3 to August 19, 2021) and musée Carnavalet Histoire de Paris (June 15 to October 31, 2021), bring their collections together to reveal the essence of Paris in the work of these two great figures of French photography. Fascinated by Atgets approach, Cartier-Bresson would imitate him until the moment he discovered the Leica camera and started to practice street photography. To run away hed say, after capturing the photo. That was his preferred position. As for Atget, at dawn with a heavy load on his back, recording was very deliberate; little ... More
Saatchi Yates open a solo show of new paintings by Tesfaye Urgessa
LONDON.- This summer, Saatchi Yates are presenting a solo show of new paintings by Tesfaye Urgessa. The artist lives and works in Germany, having emigrated from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He studied under modern master Tadesse Mesfin in Ethiopia, and later graduated from the Staatlichen Akademie in Stuttgart. Through these experiences, Urgessa was able to connect Ethiopian iconography, German Neo-expressionism from the 1980s and a deep fascination with traditional figurative painting to create a unique and striking language. The classical figurations with their writhing bodies create distorted psychological tension hidden in domestic settings, and the subject matter recalls intertwined representations of race and the politics of identity to create a narrative that runs through his practise. His recent series No Country For Young Men ... More
Select Design auction features 11 works by George Nakashima
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- On Tuesday, June 8, Freemans presents a Select Design auction beginning at 11am, featuring 19 carefully selected lots of fine 20th century design pieces, including 11 works by George Nakashima, as well as pieces by Tiffany Studios, Samuel Yellin, and Michael Graves, among others. Freemans is well-known for our presentation and sale of Nakashima furniture; in 2020 alone, we sold 67 works by the renowned New Hope furniture maker. Select Design underscores this reputation for our careful stewardship of Nakashima furniture. An auction highlight is an exceptional 1961 conoid desk, in which a characteristic asymmetrical design is rendered in English walnut, American black walnut, rosewood, and hickory (Lot 13; estimate: $60,000-80,000). Another example is a special Minguren I coffee table, featuring ... More
Patricia Leite presents new paintings inspired by São Paulo's landscapes at Thomas Dane Gallery
LONDON.- For her inaugural solo exhibition at Thomas Dane Gallery, Patricia Leite presents a new series of oil on wood paintings informed by the landscape of São Paulos Barra do Una. Leites paintings frequently involve the layering of pigment to ruminate on temporal and evanescent states such as qualities of light, ephemeral atmospheres and momentary sensations. In this new body of work, Leite examines a particularly biodiverse ecosystem, portraying the abundant flora, fauna, waterfalls and seascapes of the region. As a site of outstanding natural beauty, the Barra do Una is also subject to profound environmental damage. For Caninana, Leite distils the Barra do Unas biodiversity to its essence, making visible otherwise overlooked details, and celebrating the regions fragile complexity. Patricia Leite gives an outlet to her memories and latent ... More
Solo exhibition of new paintings by Simon English opens at Cooke Latham Gallery
LONDON.- Cooke Latham Gallery are presenting Paint Your Wagon a solo exhibition of new paintings by Simon English, with extended opening hours for the inaugural edition of London Gallery Weekend. Simon is perhaps best known for his large and small-scale painted drawings in which he mingles his distinctive imagery and words. He moves lightly between tight draughtsmanship and a playfully abandoned application of colour and line. Language is paramount with diaristic musings interspersed with song lyrics, poetry and humorous one-liners. Self-described as automatic, his work has the spontaneity of stream-of-consciousness, exploring themes of love and loss, as well as gay and popular culture. Paint Your Wagon, the title of the exhibition was taken from an old record discarded in a junk shop window, closed throughout lockdown. It refers to the ... More
A choreographer finds his way, getting lost in the stars
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Kyle Marshalls pandemic year was all about change. He turned 30. He moved into his own apartment. He now depends on his dance company, which he formed in 2014, for his livelihood. And hes working with new dancers, a major shift for a choreographer whose works were populated by close friends and roommates fellow graduates from Rutgers University. That transition felt like a lot, but it also felt absolutely necessary because it brings new ideas forward, he said in an interview. It keeps me accountable to how I want my ideas to come across. I have to communicate in a different way. I have to work with less expectation, and I think thats really healthy. In this next step of his career, he said, hes more focused and more comfortable making decisions. But the pandemic made also him realize ... More
It's outside, but Shakespeare in the Park still plans social distancing
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- One of New York Citys hottest tickets is about to get even harder to get: When Shakespeare in the Park returns to the Delacorte Theater this summer after losing a year to the pandemic, it plans to sharply limit capacity in order to follow state guidelines, officials announced Thursday. The 1,800-seat theater plans to allow only 428 attendees for each performance of Merry Wives, the intermission-free adaptation of Shakespeares The Merry Wives of Windsor being put on by the Public Theater; it says it must do so under the states current, but rapidly shifting, rules. But there will be more performances: The show will run three weeks longer than originally scheduled, through Sept. 18 rather than Aug. 28. In a news release, officials said the capacity limit was put in place because of the need for ... More
Fotografiska Stockholm opens the most extensive exhibition of work ever shown by artist Frank Ockenfels
STOCKHOLM.- Fotografiska Stockholm is proud to present Introspection, the most extensive exhibition of work ever shown by artist Frank Ockenfels 3. A retrospective of Ockenfels decades-long career, Introspection will feature over 700 photographs, paintings, and personal collaged journals from his editorial, commercial and personal oeuvre, including 448 celebrity portraits. The exhibition will premiere at Fotografiska Stockholm on June 4th, 2021 before traveling to Fotografiska Tallinn and New York destinations in 2022. Introspection includes a sampling of Frank Ockenfels 3s most iconic portraits as well as newly produced, never-before-exhibited works, which incorporate skateboards, newspapers, and scrap-metal as the canvas for his paintbrush, pen and paint. The exhibition is divided into distinct sections, where the viewer ... More
'Big Crown' Rolex Submariner hits $125K to rule Heritage Auctions' timepieces event
DALLAS, TX.- A magnificent Rolex Submariner sold for $125,000, and two extraordinary Patek Philippe models broke records, leading Heritage Auctions' Watches & Fine Timepieces Auction to $1,365,243 in total sales June 1. The event generated massive interest from 837 bidders, with sell-through rates of 99.8% by value and 99.3% by lots sold. "I knew going in that the market was strong, but the incredible results showed that the demand for vintage watches in first quality, preserve condition, is at an all-time-high," Heritage Auctions Watches & Fine Timepieces Director Jim Wolf said. "Two impeccable conditioned Patek Philippe models a fabulous Ref. 570 Calatrava and an equally superior Ref. 2551 for Gübelin broke records." The Rolex, Extremely Rare And Important Submariner "Big Crown", Four Liner Dial, Ref. 6538, which that ... More
Modern & Contemporary Art auction achieves $3.8 million at Heritage Auctions
DALLAS, TX.- Salvador DalÃ's Venus Butterfly, 1947, from the Property of a Distinguished New York collector, drew nearly three dozen bids before it finished at $300,000, five times its low pre-auction estimate, to share top-lot honors in Heritage Auctions' Modern & Contemporary Art Auction. The sale surpassed expectations to realize $3,804,494 May 13. The auction included CHOKK, 1976, by Victor Vasarely, which sold for $300,000 and The Everydays - The 2020 Collection (three works), 2020, by the artist Beeple, a non-fungible token (MP4) artwork, ended at $250,000, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting The Open Earth Foundation. "Heritage has always been a leader in technology," said Holly Sherratt, Director of Modern & Contemporary Art, Heritage Auctions San Francisco. "With more than 1 million registered online ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, American-Italian painter Conrad Marca-Relli was born June 05, 1913. Conrad Marca-Relli (born Corrado Marcarelli; June 5, 1913 Boston - August 29, 2000 Parma) was an American artist who belonged to the early generation of New York School Abstract Expressionist artists whose artistic innovation by the 1950s had been recognized across the Atlantic. In this image: Conrad Marca-Relli, "San Miguel" S-P-13-78, 1978. Collage and mixed media on canvas, 28 x 34 1/4 inches, 71.3 x 87 cm.
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