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In a photo provided by the Estate of Eileen Aga shows âTo a Nightingale,â 1979, shows two figure-like piles of decorative motifs that seem to converse. The British artist lived long and worked in numerous mediums, but is barely known in the United States. (Estate of Eileen Agar; via Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York via The New York Times)
by Roberta Smith
NEW YORK, NY.- The history of art by women still has its secrets. Some recent revelations include the visionary abstract painter Hilma af Klint of Sweden, the genius American quilter Rosie Lee Tompkins and Mary Delany, an 18th-century British polymath who created some of Western artâs first collages. The latest surprise, at least for Americans, is the multitasking British artist Eileen Agar (1899-1991) â a productive painter, collagist, sculptor, photographer and beachcomber (to gather materials for assemblages) whose work can be seen in her first major solo show in the United States. Titled âEileen Agar: Flowering of a Wing: Works, 1936-1989,â this knockout is at Andrew Kreps Gallery (through Saturday). Its title, taken from one of the canvases, signals Agarâs lifelong devotion to nature and to ambiguous meanings. Agar may be best known for her collages and their fusion of Surrealist imagination and Cubist structure and geometry. But this show homes in on the paintings, which have a contemporary air ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Kwadwo Peprah, left, who spent 2023 as an artist in residence at the Noldor Foundation, discusses one of his paintings with Noldorâs director, Johanes Francis Kuwornu, in Accra, Ghana, Jan. 9, 2024. (Francis Kokoroko/The New York Times).
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| Billy Joel said he'd retired from pop. Here's what brought him back. | | Hannah Traore Gallery presents 'Chella Man: It Doesn't Have To Make Sense' | | Exploring Ghana, with contemporary art as a guide |
Billy Joel, backstage at Madison Square Garden in New York, where hes played a monthly residency since 2014, on January 11, 2024. (Thea Traff/The New York Times)
by Caryn Ganz
NEW YORK, NY.- Billy Joels first new pop song in nearly two decades was sparked by someone miles from the record business: a Long Island doctor. Joel, 74, has long made it known that he isnt interested in making more albums. He released 12 studio LPs between 1971 and 1993 most platinum several times over and retired from the format, though he never stopped tinkering with classical music or playing live. But new songs? I have this fear of writing something thats not good, he said in an interview last month at his estate in Oyster Bay, New York. I have a very high bar for myself. And the work to get there is intimidating. I dont want to go through it anymore. Joels influence ... More | |
Chella Man, Self Portrait, 2017.
NEW YORK, NY.- Hannah Traore Gallery is presenting It Doesnt Have To Make Sense, an exhibition of paintings and sketchbook drawings and thoughts by the artist and author Chella Man, made from 2014 to the present. Growing up in a conservative town in central Pennsylvania, attending schools where creative expression was not prioritized, Man's first encounter with artmaking was through the pen and paper on his desk. Before Man had the language to articulate his experience of living as a disabled, queer, person of color, drawing became a fluid vocabulary that gave voice to the confusion, abstraction, intuition, identity, and self-love he was, and continues to be, in pursuit of. From a young age, Man's drawings have always been composed in black ink bold, breathing lines that conjure connections to the Chinese calligraphy his grandfather created throughout his life. Never making a plan before embarking on a blank page, ... More | |
The artist Priscilla Kennedy, 29, works inside her MFA studio at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana, Jan. 10, 2024. (Francis Kokoroko/The New York Times)
by Grace Linden
NEW YORK, NY.- In late 2022, I was invited to go to Ghana with a friend researching work by Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama, who first made a splash at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015. We were going to Ghana to learn about the context of his work and also to understand the emerging contemporary art scene in the country. Over the past few decades, the art world has opened up beyond Europe and North America to create a more globalized market. In recent years artists like Mahama, and fellow Ghanaians El Anatsui and Amoako Boafo have risen to prominence. We wanted to learn how that attention had affected contemporary art in Ghana. We planned to spend most of our time in Accra, the capital and ... More |
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| Roelant Savery, the most notable painter of the legendary (extinct) dodo, now on view at Mauritshuis | | 'Larry Bell: All Glass' opens February 8 at Anthony Meier | | Toby Keith, larger-than-life country music star, dies at 62 |
Large Flower Still Life with Crown Imperial, 1624. Centraal Museum, Utrecht.
THE HAGUE.- He was a pioneer in many fields, and introduced several new themes to Dutch painting. He made the Netherlands first floral still life, and was the most notable painter of the legendary (extinct) dodo. He was also the first artist who went out into the streets to draw ordinary people. His painted landscapes are often like a fairytale, featuring ancient ruins and marvellous vistas. And his animal paintings include so many species that it would be an understatement to describe them as 'crowded'. 'Roelant Savery's Wondrous World', featuring over 40 paintings and drawings, including works on loan from museums in the Netherlands and abroad, will introduce visitors to this highly versatile artist. The exhibition has been sponsored by the Cultuurfonds, Stichting de Johan Maurits Compagnie, the Friends of the Mauritshuis and the VriendenLoterij. Roelant Savery (1578-1639) specialised in landscapes. His paintings of impressive waterfalls were an entirely ... More | |
Larry Bell, Mill Valley Study, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Anthony Meier, Mill Valley. Photo by Matthew Millman, San Francisco.
MILL VALLEY, CA.- Anthony Meier is now showing All Glass, a solo exhibition of West Coast Light and Space pioneer Larry Bell (b. 1939)the artists second solo exhibition with the gallery and the first at the gallerys new Mill Valley flagship, on view from February 8 to April 12, 2024. Continuing Bells adept utilization of glass and light, which enables him to broaden the visual and physical realms of perception through his sculptures, this exhibition will feature a new large-scale work that debuts a wholly new composition amongst his oeuvre as well as a monumental installation. In shades of red and blue, these works evidence his iconic methodology characterized by endless spontaneity, intuition, and improvisation. Transforming the entire gallery, a monumental laminated glass sculpture titled Pacific Reds II (2017)comprising six chevrons in various shades of redwill be presented in a site-specific, improvisational ... More | |
Country music star Toby Keith performs at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J. on July 24, 2005. (Norman Y. Lono/The New York Times)
by Bill Friskics-Warren
NEW YORK, NY.- Toby Keith, the larger-than-life singer-songwriter of No. 1 country hits such as Whos Your Daddy? and Made in America and one of the biggest stars to come out of Nashville in three decades, died Monday. He was 62. His death was announced on his official website. The announcement did not say where he died. Elaine Schock, Keiths publicist, said only that he died in Oklahoma, where he had lived his entire life. Keith announced in the summer of 2022 that he had been diagnosed with stomach cancer and was being treated with chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. In a recent interview with the Oklahoma City television station KWTV, Keith, who played a run of shows in Las Vegas in December, said he was still in treatment. Cancer is a roller coaster, he said. You just sit here and wait on it to go away it may not ... More |
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| Clyde Taylor, literary scholar who elevated Black cinema, dies at 92 | | PHI Centre: a new program combining augmented reality and virtual reality | | Carole Gibbons joins Hales |
A family photo of scholar Clyde Taylor in the 1970s, when he was at the epicenter of a push to bring the study of Black culture into academia. (via Taylor family via The New York Times)
by Clay Risen
NEW YORK, NY.- Clyde Taylor, a scholar who in the 1970s and 80s played a leading role in identifying, defining and elevating Black cinema as an art form, died Jan. 24 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 92. His daughter, Rahdi Taylor, a filmmaker, said the cause was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. As a young professor in the Los Angeles area in the late 1960s first at California State University, Long Beach, and then at the University of California, Los Angeles Taylor was at the epicenter of a push to bring the study of Black culture into academia. Black culture was not merely an appendage to white culture, he argued, but had its own logic, history and dynamics that grew out of the Black Power and Pan-African movements. ... More | |
Augmented reality and virtual reality image from immersive experiences at PHI Centre.
MONTREAL.- The PHI Centre is opening a new program featuring augmented reality using the latest HoloLens 2 headsets, and a virtual reality artwork. These documentary-like experiences propose differing themes, but with a similar message of protest: civil rights in the United States and the banned rave culture in the United Kingdom.Colored: The Unknown Life of Claudette Colvin. Created and produced by Novaya. Rosa Parks is often seen as an iconic figure in the fight against racial segregation in the United States for her refusal to give up her seat to a White passenger on a bus. But we often forget that she was not the first to make this brave gesture. Claudette Colvin, her predecessor, made it all possible, but she is the one who has been overlooked. She lives in the United States, and is currently 83 years old. Colored: The Unknown Life of Claudette Colvin is an augmented reality immersive experience adapted from a biographical essay, wri ... More | |
Green Moroccan Vase, c. 1982. Photo by Damian Griffiths.
LONDON.- Hales announced representation of Scottish painter Carole Gibbons. Her work is currently featured in Tate Britains critically acclaimed exhibition Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990. In 2023 her solo show at Celine, Glasgow was listed in Frieze Magazines top ten shows of the year. In March 2024, Gibbons will have a solo show at White Columns, New York. The artists first solo show with Hales will open in May 2024 at the gallerys London location. Gibbons (b. 1935 Glasgow, Scotland) has over six decades cultivated a distinctive painting practice rich with resonant colour and symbolism in a striking painterly language. She received early career success between the 1960s-1980s and was the first living woman to have a solo exhibition at Glasgows Third Eye Centre in 1975. However, it has not been until recently that Gibbons has gained more widespread recognition. She has long been champione ... More |
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| Tony Albert's 'The Garden + Forbidden Fruit' alongside a curated exhibition of emerging first nations artists | | Collection of Mike Bossy takes aim at Heritage's Winter Platinum Night Sport | | Contemporary German artist André Butzer's work now on view at CARBON 12 |
Tony Albert, The Garden Exploration I, 2024. Acrylic and vintage appropriated fabric on canvas, 184 x 152 cm. Image courtesy the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf. Photo, Aaron Anderson.
SYDNEY.- Sullivan+Strumpf Sydneys first presentation for the year, hosted across both levels of their Eora/Sydney gallery, showcases two substantial new bodies of work from one of Australias foremost contemporary artists, Tony Albert, alongside a curated exhibition of emerging First Nations artists. In the ground floor gallery, a 14-meter-long wallpapered installation drawn from the artists acclaimed Margaret Preston series is the centrepiece for The Garden, punctuated by new works on canvas, resin objects, and pieces created from appropriate vintage objects. Representative of a transitional period, of which Albert says, Planting seeds, growing new ideas and looking to possibilities for the future is always at the forefront of my thinking and practice; the body underscores common themes in Alberts work, such as the historic ... More | |
1983-84 Mike Bossy Game Worn & Signed New York Islanders Jersey from The Mike Bossy Collection--Photo Matched!
DALLAS, TX.- The list of Mike Bossys accomplisments during his career with the New York Islanders is so extensive that would be wrong to call him anything other than The Boss of Long Island. The former New York Islanders right wing was a four-time Stanley Cup champion in his 10-year career, during which he stockpiled some of the most prized individual hardware in hockey, including the Conn Smythe Trophy (awarded to the most valuable player in the NHL playoffs), the Calder Memorial Trophy (NHLs top first-year player), the Lady Byng Trophy (for sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct along with a high standard of playing ability) three times and the Maurice Rocket Richard Trophy (for the leagues leader in goals scored) twice. He is one of just two players in NHL history to score the Stanley Cup-clinching goal in consecutive seasons (in 1982 and ... More | |
André Butzer, Untitled, 2023. Acrylic on canvas, 202 x 319 cm.
DUBAI.- Distinctively, André Butzers iconic characters and expressive language have established him at the forefront of painting. Due to his thorough understanding of color, his whole oeuvre brims with carefully measured brushstrokes, unintentional and yet full of lived experience. With modest smiles and wide-open eyes, the Friedens-Siemens, the Wanderer and the Woman emerge from their bright surroundings. Described as »Disney figures painted by Munch,«1 Butzer responded that all his work is made »in honor of Henri Matisse, the master I serve.«2 So, all his figures and all his colors remain steadfast, as he embarks on his future path to »become Matisse«3 himself. Butzer has said time and time again about his painting that he solely follows this »brainless vision of destiny.«4 His paintings, an antidote to the unquestioned world we live in today with its vile social divisions. Re-uniting and making whole again all opposites, ... More |
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Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery announces major publication
SYDNEY.- Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, one of Australias pre-eminent commercial galleries, today announced the launch of a major new publication spanning four decades of the Gallerys history and its role in fostering the careers of some of the most influential Australian artists working today. Set to be released on 14 February 2024 and published by Formist, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery: The First 40 Years is a comprehensive overview of four seminal decades of the Gallerys representation of many of the foremost Australian and international contemporary artists of our time. Written and edited by Felicity Fenner, a renowned Australian curator and academic, the book is underpinned by her central essay, providing an authoritative voice guiding the reader through the history of the Gallery. The publication explores the extraordinary archives of the Gallery ... More
'The Connector' review: When fake news was all the rage
NEW YORK, NY.- If youre even a little sensitive to signs of sociopathy, youd peg Ethan Dobson right away. Someone at the start of a promising career in journalism who is so aggressively flattering and greasily evasive, with a snap-on, snakelike, aw-shucks smile, has got to have a scheme up his sleeve. Or rather, in Ethans case, a dangerous bunch of lies in his pocket. To ask why the editors of such an obvious fabulist dont catch him until theyve published at least six of his articles, each one a long, lurid and uncheckable fantasy, is to ask why the editors of The New Republic took so long to catch Stephen Glass doing much the same thing. Or why the editors of Rolling Stone took so long to catch Sabrina Erdely; USA Today, Jack Kelley; The Washington Post, Janet Cooke; and The New York Times, Jayson Blair. They didnt want ... More
Tyne Daly withdraws from 'Doubt' on Broadway, citing health
NEW YORK, NY.- Tyne Daly, a Tony- and Emmy-winning actress, is withdrawing from a starring role in the first Broadway revival of Doubt: A Parable, citing health issues. Daly was set to star in the production of John Patrick Shanleys Pulitzer Prize-winning 2004 play about a sexual assault accusation against a Catholic priest. She will be replaced by Amy Ryan, who will begin performances Feb. 13. Roundabout Theater Company, the nonprofit producing the revival, announced the cast change Tuesday, saying in a news release, Ms. Daly was unexpectedly hospitalized on Friday and unfortunately needs to withdraw from the production while she receives medical care; she is thankfully expected to make a full recovery. The organization did not provide further details. The Doubt revival, also starring Liev Schreiber, was to begin previews last Friday, but that first performance was canceled by Roundabout. The production then began performances Saturday, with understudy Isabe ... More
Wellesley College alumna Lorraine O'Grady '55 brings 'Both/And' exhibit to the Davis Museum
WELLESLEY, MA.- Lorraine OGrady 55, a critically acclaimed contemporary artist and cultural critic, returns to the Boston area with her retrospective exhibition Lorraine OGrady: Both/And. This landmark exhibition will coincide with a performance art series, both of which are free and open to the public. Both/And is starting at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College from February 8 to June 2, 2024. Lorraine OGrady: Both/And is the first major career survey of the renowned conceptual artist whose work has long challenged prevailing understandings around gender, race, and class. Originally organized by the Brooklyn Museum in March 2021, the exhibition charts the development of OGradys artistic oeuvre, which spans collage, photo-installation, performance, and video. It brings focus to the artists skillful subversion of the either/or logic ... More
Kenyan-American artist Wangechi Mutu's multidisciplinary practice from the mid-1990s to today
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- The New Orleans Museum of Art presents a major solo exhibition of work by Wangechi Mutu, bringing together nearly one hundred sculptures, paintings, collages, drawings, and films to present the breadth of the KenyanAmerican artists multidisciplinary practice from the mid-1990s to today. Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined traces connections between recent developments in Mutus sculptures and her decades-long exploration of the legacies of colonialism, globalization, and African and diasporic cultural traditions. The exhibition travels to NOMA from the New Museum, New York. The most complete survey of Mutus work to date, Intertwined ... More
'Aria Dean: Abattoir' is New York-based artist's first exhibition in the UK
LONDON.- The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (ICA) presents Aria Dean: Abattoir, a solo exhibition of the New York-based interdisciplinary artists recent work and Deans first exhibition in the UK. The exhibition explores the foundational relationship between modernity and death on conceptual and material levels. The ICAs main gallery features Abattoir, U.S.A.!, a site-specific film installation with immersive 8-channel sound. The animated film traverses the interior of an empty slaughterhouse. Rendered using the 3D computer graphics tool, Unreal Engine, the film weaves the viewer through corridors and chambers, an imaginary patchwork of 19th, 20th and 21st century architectures. The film is mimicked in the ICAs gallery through physical echoes of the virtual space. Composer Evan Zierks accompanying score samples field recordings, ... More
'Emi e dames messeur' comes from a sign seen on a street in Saint-Gilles in the Belgian capital
BRUSSELS.- Emi e dames messeur, Joël Riffs fourth exhibition as curator of La Verrière, presents a sentimental encyclopaedia that is the foundation of Koenraad Dedobbeleers sculptural practice. For the exhibition, the artist shares some of his kitchen with us literally. It is in this part of his home that a constellation of affinities unfolds. A memento mural is constructed as a family with analogies nourishing a shared album of images that enshrines the figures of flora and fauna. His project for La Verrière combines existing works with a host of objects from his private sphere, articulated around architectural interventions produced by the Fondation dentreprise Hermès. The mystery of the title invites us to examine the letters before we can understand the words, allowing ourselves to savour the surprise of the elements brought ... More
Exhibition brings together a curated selection of the very finest prints by photography's most influential artists
LONDON.- Hamiltons Gallery is presenting Celebrating Silver. This exhibition brings together a curated selection of the very finest prints by some of photographys most influential artists. Through photographers such as Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Don McCullin, Hiro, Robert Mapplethorpe and others, the technical mastery of print making is explored. Prior to the advent of digital photography, silver had a central role in all photographic printing techniques. Due to its less complex and quicker developmental process, gelatin silver prints gained popularity in the 20th century with commercial and fine art photographers and continue to be revered today for their tonal range and clarity. Throughout its history, ... More
TornabuoniArt opens 'Carla Lonzi: Self-portrait of a generation'
PARIS.- The work of art felt to me, at a certain point, like a possibility for meeting, like an invitation to participate, addressed by the artists to each of us. ---Carla Lonzi, Autoritratto, 1969 A unique text in the field of art, Autoritratto (Self-Portrait, 1969) is the last book published by author and radical thinker Carla Lonzi (1931- 1982) as an art critic before she dedicated herself entirely to the feminist cause. It collects the words of 14 artists interviewed by Lonzi during the 1960s, painting a vivid, human portrait of a generation of creators who speak out about their practice and what it means to them to be an artist. It was during a long visit to the United States between 1967 and 1968 that Lonzi dedicated herself to transcribing the many conversations and correspondences she had had over the previous decade with a circle of leading ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian painter Guercino was born February 08, 1591. Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 - December 22, 1666), best known as Guercino, or il Guercino, was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from the region of Emilia, and active in Rome and Bologna. The vigorous naturalism of his early manner is in contrast to the classical equilibrium of his later works. His many drawings are noted for their luminosity and lively style. In this image: Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino, A Study for Hercules, in three-quarter-length, 1640s. Photo: Cecilia Heisser.
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