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Endless Column III, a 2017 work by Hank Willis Thomas, on display in the exhibition space, which is called OOF, in London on Aug. 1, 2021. A new gallery at the stadium of Tottenham Hotspur, a top London club, is presenting contemporary works to visitors, with mixed results. Alex Ingram/The New York Times.
by Alex Marshall
LONDON (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Annie Lawrence, 8, was looking excited Sunday afternoon. She was about to see Tottenham Hotspur, the soccer team she supports, play its first game of the English Premier League season but her exhilaration wasnt entirely because of the impending game. Annie was standing in OOF, a gallery dedicated to art about soccer that opened last month in a building attached to the clubs stadium gift shop. Some of the works on display seemed to be making her as happy as a Tottenham win. OOFs opening show, Balls (until Nov. 21), features 17 pieces of contemporary art made using soccer balls, or representing them. Theres one made out of concrete, and another in silicon that looks like its covered in nipples. Pointing at a huge bronze of a deflated ball by Marcus Harvey, Annie said, Id like that one in my bedroom. The artist said in a phone interview that the work might evoke anything from Britains decline as an imperial power to ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Stephen Friedman Gallery is presenting an exhibition of new works by Swedish artists Mamma Andersson and Andreas Eriksson. The two-person show is on view at 107 S-chanf, Switzerland and until Sunday 29 August. The presentation comprises paintings, tapestries and works on paper by two artists renowned for their fascination with landscape and nature.
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| The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum exhibits three paintings from the collection of Carmen Marañón-Fernández de Araoz | | Santa Barbara Museum of Art celebrates grand re-opening after major renovation project | | Rockefeller Center ® presents SHARE, a new monumental sculpture by artist KAWS | 
Francisco de Goya, Lazarillo de Tormes (c.1808-1810, oil on canvas, 102.5 x 83 cm)
BILBAO.- For the first time, the Guest Work programme, now in its 64th edition, presents three paintings signed by three universal figures in Spanish art-El Greco, Velázquez and Goya-which were assembled by Carmen Marañón-Fernández de Araoz (San Sebastián, 1912-Madrid, 2005). The daughter of Dr Gregorio Marañón (Madrid, 18871960), she promoted numerous cultural initiatives throughout her life, including the Fundación Gregorio Marañón and the Real Fundación de Toledo. Dr Marañón was an authority in studies on endocrinology and other medical disciplines and one of the most prominent Spanish humanists and intellectuals of the past century. He assembled an interesting art collection, one of whose gems was Francisco de Goya's Lazarillo de Tormes (c.1808-1810), and his publications included the essay 'El Greco and Toledo' from 1956. That same year, his speech upon entering the San Fernando Royal Fine Arts Academy (Madrid) also discussed the painter from Crete. That same Goya painting was inheri ... More | | 
Anish Kapoor, Turning the World Inside Out, 1995. Cast stainless steel, ed. 3/3. SBMA, Museum purchase. © Anish Kapoor. All Rights Reserved, DACS, London / ARS, NY 2021.
SANTA BARBARA, CA.- The Santa Barbara Museum of Art announced the grand re-opening of its renewed and expanded galleries following a six-year, $50 million renovation, led by the Santa Barbara-based firm of Kupiec Architects PC and executed by Santa Maria-based Diani Corporation. Marking the Museums 80th anniversary this year, the renovation of SBMAs original 1912 building improves SBMAs exhibition space, making it possible to show more of the 25,000-object permanent collection, and will enhance visitor experience through improved flow through the Museum; newly created galleries dedicated to contemporary art, photography, and new media; and new LED lighting. The renovation addressed critical needs of the building, including seismic retrofitting; replacement of mechanical, air handling, and climate control systems; replacement of aging roofs; improved ventilation; creation of new storage and conservation areas to safeguard ... More | | 
SHARE, a new sculpture by the artist KAWS, is unveiled at Rockefeller Center, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, in New York. The 18-foot-tall bronze figure features two of the artists iconic motifs, COMPANION and BFF, and is on display in the Center Plaza through October 8, 2021. Diane Bondareff/AP Images for Tishman Speyer.
NEW YORK, NY.- This August, Rockefeller Center presents a new commission SHARE, a sculpture by KAWS placed at Rockefeller Centers Center Plaza through October 2021. The 18-foot-tall bronze figure features two of the artists iconic motifs, COMPANION and BFF. The installation coincides with the artists current survey at the Brooklyn Museum, KAWS: WHAT PARTY (on view through September 5th). KAWS joins a group of world-renowned artists who have exhibited large-scale public art at Center Plaza. The work is situated in dialogue with the history and context of a storied campus. SHARE embodies a myriad of emotions many of us are experiencing in this current moment. The COMPANIONs familiarity soothes just as we all feel the tug of BFF who is clutched somewhat wantonly. Seeking the comfort ... More |
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| New York mandates vaccines for museum visitors and staff | | National Gallery of Art acquires works by JoAnn Verburg and Carrie Mae Weems | | Museum of Broadway in Times Square sets new opening date | 
People outside of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on July 10, 2021. George Etheredge/The New York Times.
by Robin Pogrebin
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- New York City plans to require visitors and staff members at museums and other cultural institutions to be vaccinated, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. Defeating the delta variant is the best way to support cultural institutions, because it brings us all back, de Blasio said at a news conference at which he outlined the new requirements. We believe, if we take these aggressive measures, this is going to encourage a lot of people audience members and staff alike to get vaccinated. The new vaccine mandate for museums came as the city expanded its Key to NYC program, which requires vaccinations in a number of settings, to include bars, fitness gyms, movie and stage theaters, museums and other indoor venues. The policy will take effect Tuesday, but enforcement will not begin until Sept. 13 to educate the public and give venues time to adjust. Children younger than ... More | | 
JoAnn Verburg, WTC, 2003. Chromogenic print, image/sheet: 102.24 x 71.76 cm (40 1/4 x 28 1/4 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington. Charina Endowment Fund 2021.13.1
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art has recently acquired two important photographs by JoAnn Verburg, 3 x Three (2019) and WTC (2003). The first works by Verburg to enter the National Gallerys collection, they show how she seeks to capture extended moments of time in her art, a theme that she has explored since the 1970s. Best known for her work from the mid-1990s onward that depicts olive groves in Spoletto, Italy, Verburg has written that when she's making her photographs, she often torques the image, "squeezing and stretching it . . . into being more lively or wacky or improbable." In the triptych 3 x Three, she creates a sense of motion in the olive groves branches and leaves, as if a breeze were blowing. Verburg made multiple panels, each a slightly different view of the same subject, giving viewers the sense that they are moving through the space, discovering it with her. In WTC Verburg photographed her husband ... More | | 
An artistic rendering of the Museum of Broadway, which is scheduled to open next summer on West 45th Street. Paul Bennett Architects, PC via The New York Times.
by Laura Zornosa
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- After multiple delays, the first museum dedicated to telling the storied history of Broadway shows is now expected to open its doors next summer in the heart of the theater district. The Museum of Broadway, described as an interactive and immersive experience, was originally scheduled to debut in 2020. But its founders, Julie Boardman, a four-time Tony-nominated producer, and Diane Nicoletti, founder of Rubik Marketing, said the project was delayed by the pandemic. We really thought it would be this great idea that was a hybrid of both an experiential museum thats very interactive and colorful and fun, Nicoletti said, as well as making sure that we were really getting the integrity of the history of Broadway, by including costumes and artifacts and historic elements as well. The museum, at 145 West 45th St., next door to the ... More |
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| Rare Japanese kimono revealed to belong to family of legendary samurai warrior | | The East Hampton Historical Society presents "The Sounding Sea" at the Moran Studio | | Exhibition presents new insights into the practice of Henry Ossawa Tanner | 
Kimono at Blackwell, the Arts & Crafts House.
KENDAL.- Curators have made an amazing discovery about a Japanese kimono which has gone on display at Blackwell - the Arts & Crafts house. The garment, which takes centre stage in the latest exhibition - House of the Setting Sun, (which runs until 10 October) - came into the Lakeland Arts collection more than three decades ago - but little was known about it. As curators researched the kimono more thoroughly for the exhibition - including investigations with the V&A in London - they discovered it was something quite remarkable. Small circular crests printed on the back of the arms reveal the name of the samurai family to which its owner belonged. Two meeting swallows are the crest of the Uesugi clan, a prominent family whose ancestor, Uesugi Kenshin, is one of the most revered samurai warriors in Japanese history. Kimono, which simply translates to the thing to wear, have been worn in Japan for over a thousand years, but they became ... More | | 
Thomas Moran, East Hampton, L.I.: Breezy Day at Main Beach, o/c, 1894 (detail).
EAST HAMPTON, NY.- The East Hampton Historical Society is presenting their newest exhibition: The Sounding Sea; The Art of Edward, Thomas and Mary Nimmo Moran, currently on display at the Moran Studio, East Hampton Village. The Sounding Sea follows the careers of three members of one of Americas most illustrious family of artists and crown jewels in the East Ends artistic lineage and legacy Edward Moran (1829-1902), his brother Thomas Moran (1837-1926) and Thomas wife, Mary Nimmo Moran (1842-1899). This exhibition follows the muse of the ocean, a powerful subject that has lured artistic imagination; all works on exhibit revolve around water. When asked what inspired the current exhibit, East Hampton Historical Societys Chief Curator, Richard Barons, said, The story behind the careers of Edward, Thomas and Mary Nimmo Moran is fascinating. Edward was a painter of marine subjects. He ... More | | 
Henry Ossawa Tanner, Christ and His Mother Studying the Scriptures, c. 1908. Oil on
canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, Deaccession Funds, 1986.9.
DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art will exhibit two works by Henry Ossawa Tanner, presenting discoveries from a recent comprehensive conservation treatment and technical study conducted by the DMA with generous support from the Art Bridges Foundation. The findings contribute new insights into the practice of the acclaimed American artist, including the evolution of Tanners techniques, his exploration of color theory, and abandoned compositions within the canvases. The exhibition pairs The Thankful Poor (1894), one of Tanners most famous early paintings, and Christ and His Mother Studying the Scriptures (about 1908), an exemplar of his signature blue palette and later religious subjects. Focus On: Henry Ossawa Tanner is on view beginning August 17, 2021, through January 2, 2022, and ... More |
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| Belong Gallery presents "Sabor Interno" by Marcelo Eli Sarmiento and Roland Santana | | RM Sotheby's flagship Monterey auction totals $148.5 million with 90% of all lots sold | | Thomas Brent Smith named director of OU's Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art | 
Marcelo Eli Sarmiento, Solo Dolo. Oil on Canvas, 36 x 36 x 1 inches 2021.
CHICAGO, IL.- As the world came to grips with the onslaught of a global pandemic, 2 Chicago artists explored the reality of making art in isolation. Sabor Interno (Internal Flavor) is an exhibition of paintings by Marcelo Eli Sarmiento and Roland Santana; the artists have been friends and collaborators since 2017, and they chose to marry their lockdown experiences in this self-reflective exhibition. Throughout the pandemic, they have individually grown their self-directed studio practices. Sabor Interno puts the unknown at the forefront; the artists present work created throughout the pandemic in isolation. While working alone in a vacuum, the artists found the desire for creativity and expression did not end. Up until this exhibition, the works have existed through the lens of the internet and a screen. Now these works have the opportunity to be viewed by the public and find new meaning and expression. Having lived through a year filled with grief, isolation, pain, depression, and uncertainty, the ... More | | 
RM Sothebyâs sets 5 new records and achieves more than $148.5 million at three-day Monterey sale. Courtesy RM Sotheby's.
MONTEREY, CA.- RM Sothebys flagship auction grossed an astonishing $148,528,300 in total sales this past weekend, over the companys three-night auction in Monterey, California (12-14 August), with an impressive 90 percent of all lots sold. Following a hiatus in 2020, the preview exhibition and sales at the Monterey Conference Center were well attended, resulting in bidders from 34 countries with 20% representing new clients. The 2021 sale featured a pronounced line-up of cars, including numerous blue-chip automobiles at multi-million-dollar estimates. In total, 44 lots exceeded $1,000,000, 16 lots exceeded $3,000,000 and 4 lots exceeded $5,000,0000 over the course of the three-night sale. The opening night of the three-day auction kicked off with the presentation of The Paul Andrews Estate Collection, a remarkable collection of cars, offered almost entirely without reserve. Led by the stunning 1962 Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato, the coll ... More | | 
An OU alumnus who has built a distinguished career in museum leadership, Smith will return to his alma mater on Nov. 1 from the Denver Art Museum, where he serves as director of the Petrie Institute of Western American Art.
NORMAN, OKLA.- The University of Oklahoma announced today the appointment of Thomas Brent Smith as Wylodean and Bill Saxon Director of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, pending OU Board of Regents approval. An OU alumnus who has built a distinguished career in museum leadership, Smith will return to his alma mater on Nov. 1 from the Denver Art Museum, where he serves as director of the Petrie Institute of Western American Art. In this role, he has led the Petrie Institute to unprecedented growth and national stature by spearheading a $7 million endowment campaign and transforming the institutes holdings by acquiring multiple important collections, including one of the most valuable gifts of art in the museums history. We are thrilled to welcome Thomas Smith back to the University of Oklahoma, said Senior Vice President and Provost for the ... More |
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 Apple-1 computer from collection of personal computing pioneer to go under the hammer BOSTON, MASS.- A fully functioning Apple-1 computer will be auctioned by a Boston-based RR Auction. This Apple-1 was one of the first to be publicly auctioned, sold in April 2002 at the Vintage Computer Festival in California. It was purchased by Roger Wagner, a personal computing pioneer who authored the first book on assembly-language programming for the Apple II. He is a longtime friend of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, who said: 'Roger Wagner didn't just read the first book on programming the Apple computerhe wrote it.' The Apple-1 was originally conceived by Steve Jobs and Steve 'Woz' Wozniak as a bare circuit board to be sold as a kit and completed by electronics hobbyists. Their initial market was Palo Alto's Homebrew Computer Club. Wozniak alone designed the hardware, circuit board designs, and operating system for the computer. ... More  Fascinating single owner collection of Great War medals to be sold at Dix Noonan WebbLONDON.- Including medals awarded to the first British soldier to be killed in action during the Great War through to the first Royal Flying Corps airman to shoot down an enemy aircraft with a machine-gun; the Collection of the late Barry Hobbs is to be offered by Dix Noonan Webb in their auction of Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria on Tuesday, August 17, 2021. Comprising 215 lots of medals from the Great War, the fascinating collection was amassed by the late Barry Hobbs (25 July 1942 - 3 May 2021), who had an interest in the rare and the unusual. Born in Norfolk where his mother Amy had been evacuated during the Second World War in order to escape the heavy bombing of Londons East End. They returned to East London when the war ended. In the early 1960s, shortly before he got married, Barry followed his father into the Docks, an East ... More  Bonhams to offer the Estate of Broadway greats Adolph Green and Phyllis NewmanNEW YORK, NY.- Bonhams will offer the Collection of Adolph Green and Phyllis Newman in A Helluva Life, a single-owner sale online from September 2 14, 2021. Adolph Green (1914-2002) was a celebrated playwright and a legendary figure in the world of Broadway. Along with his long-time collaborator Betty Comden, Green artfully crafted words and coined classic phrases and lyrics for scripts and songs spanning nearly 30 Broadway productions and M.G.M. film musicals for over 60 years, including the line, New York, New York, it's a helluva town! from the 1944 musical On the Town. The pair, whose creative partnership lasted longer than any other writing duo in Broadway history, is best remembered for the award-winning screenplay for the iconic 1952 film musical Singin in the Rain. Included among the many sale highlights are six Tony Awards ... More  Frieze Sculpture returns to The Regent's Park on 14 SeptemberLONDON.- This year's edition of Frieze Sculpture brings together works of international artists including Ibrahim El-Salahi, Isamu Noguchi, Solange Pessoa and Rose Wylie. Returning to the English Gardens in The Regent's Park in London, Frieze Sculpture will open on 14 September until 31 October 2021. It is free and open to all. Curated for the ninth year by Clare Lilley (Director of Programme at Yorkshire Sculpture Park), the 2021 edition features Rasheed Araeen, Daniel Arsham, Anthony Caro, Gisela Colón, José Pedro Croft, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Stoyan Dechev, Ibrahim El-Salahi, Divya Mehra, Annie Morris, Isamu Noguchi, Jorge Otero-Pailos, Solange Pessoa, Vanessa da Silva, Tatiana Wolska, Rose Wylie and Yunizar. In addition, Serpentine will present Counterspace, marking the first time a public institution has participated in Frieze ... More  A reliably varied music festival returns to New YorkNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The Time Spans festival has carved out a unique place for itself in New Yorks musical life over the past decade and not just because it occupies an otherwise barren stretch of the calendar in late August. This contemporary-music event, now a multiweek affair, is that perfect paradox: reliably varied. On successive evenings you might find electroacoustic experiments, meditative string quartets and barreling pieces for chamber orchestra. There is no stylistic tribalism on offer, just a sagacious balance of good taste and calculated risk-taking. Thats thanks in part to the curatorial hand of the festivals executive and artistic director, Thomas Fichter, a veteran bassist. And its also because of the quality of the performers. Ensembles like the JACK Quartet and Alarm Will Sound may well be familiar to music lovers. But ... More  Skein: New acquisitions for the Bruce and Ruth Rappaport Israeli Art CollectionTEL AVIV.- The Tel Aviv Museum of Art's new exhibition marks a significant moment in an extensive acquisition of works by Israeli artists for the permanent collection of Tel Aviv Museum of Art. The Israeli art collection is an accumulation of works assembled from the moment the Museum was founded to the present, and their varying exhibition over the years reflects the different perceptions of them. The collections historical scope depicts a wide view of an archival and conservation project, both symbolic and real. In 2021, the Rappaport Foundation decided to focus its support, usually allocated to prizes for artists, towards the acquisition of works for the Israeli art collection. Following this exceptionally generous move, 58 works by Israeli artists were added to the collection. The selection of works featured in the gallery might be termed a decentralized exhibition ... More  Cherished items from Phyllis McGuire's Las Vegas estate sell for more than $1.8 million at auction DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions offered select items from the Las Vegas estate of pop-singing sensation Phyllis McGuire in its Estate of Phyllis McGuire Auction Aug. 10. Like so many of the Rat Pack-era McGuire Sisters songs, the results of the event were a huge hit. More than 1,000 bidders from around the globe took part in the event, leading the sale to perfect sell-through rates of 100% by value and by lots sold, and total sales of $1,853,356. The Phyllis McGuire Collection was an amazing group of material from a woman who had a fantastic taste and a remarkable sense of style," Heritage Auctions West Coast Director of Trust and Estates, Carolyn Mani said. "Having the opportunity to present all of this in one auction was a great honor and I was thrilled with the results. To see so many people participate across the board was wonderful. ... More  The New Children's Museum to open Del Mar satellite locationSAN DIEGO, CA.- The New Childrens Museum has announced the launch of its first stand-alone satellite location in San Diego County. The 2,000-square-foot Art + Play Space will be a smaller version of the Museums 50,000-square-foot downtown location, featuring a commissioned art installation, a hands-on makerspace and museum store. Located on the upper level of the Del Mar Plaza shopping center along the coast in North County, the new space is slated to open August 20. This is one of the most exciting and ambitious projects The New Childrens Museum has embarked upon, said Caroline Perry, Chair of the Museums Board of Directors. Opening a satellite location will enable the Museum to amplify its efforts to bring art, creativity and play to more children and families throughout San Diego County. Despite the reduced footprint, the North ... More  The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts unveils ephemeral installation created by Collectif IncognitoMONTREAL.- The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts unveiled Adrift, the ephemeral installation that bedecks Du Musée Avenue summer-long. Created by Collectif Incognito, it integrates a poem by Innu author Joséphine Bacon in tribute to the glaciers, whose accelerated melting is threatening numerous species and populations. Adrift also echoes themes in the exhibitions Ecologies: A Song for Our Planet and Riopelle: The Call of Northern Landscapes and Indigenous Cultures, currently on view at the Museum. Since 2013, the MMFA has been commissioning creators to design installations that cover the stretch of Du Musée Avenue north of Sherbrooke Street that gets transformed into a pedestrian walkway for the summer. This year, the group Collectif Incognito invites passersby and Museum visitors to meditate on the fragile balance in which nature ... More  Exhibition featuring new works by Isabel + Helen opens at Saatchi GalleryLONDON.- The exhibition, In Orbit, opened at Saatchi Gallery, London on 13 August 2021 and runs until 5 September 2021. The exhibition, featuring new works by Isabel + Helen, has been installed in one of the main gallery spaces on the ground floor of the Gallery. In Orbit, by design duo Isabel + Helen, is a series of tonal paintings produced by contraptions that have been assembled by hand from industrial materials. This collection of imperfect circles and the tools used in their creation, explore the space between mass production & the creation of unique art works and in doing so, questions our relationship with machines. The exposed processes and mechanics are as much a part of the project as the finished paintings. The assembling and activating of the humble machines are left to the laws of physics once the contraptions are set in motion. ... More  Retrospective exhibition of photographs by Marilyn Stafford opens at Farleys House & GalleryCHIDDINGLY.- Marilyn Staffords remarkable life spans almost one hundred years, from Ohio in the Great Depression by way of post-war New York and Paris to London in the swinging 60s and political 1970s..... The first ever retrospective exhibition of US photographer, Marilyn Stafford (b.1925), launches this year, encompassing the most comprehensive display of the photographers work to date. Works come from an international archive spanning four decades, and include celebrity portraits, fashion shoots, street photography, humanitarian stories and newspaper reportage. This exhibition, A Life in Photography, will tour institutions in the UK between August 2021 and November 2022, providing a reflective and engaging look at a period of 20th century history through the photographers unique gaze. It will feature many of the stories from her career, ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian painter Francesco Albani was born August 17, 1578. Francesco Albani or Albano (17 March or 17 August 1578 - 4 October 1660) was an Italian Baroque painter. Albani never acquired the monumentality or tenebrism that was quaking the contemporary world of painters, and in fact, is derided often for his lyric, cherubim-filled sweetness, which often has not yet shaken the mannerist elegance. While Albani's thematic would have appealed to Poussin, he lacked the Frenchman's muscular drama. His style sometimes appears to befit the decorative Rococo more than of his time. In this image: Baptism of Christ ca 1640 (State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
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