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Therizinosaurs and hadrosaurs in Denali National Park during the Cretaceous Period. Illustration by Masato Hattori.
DALLAS, TX.- An international team of paleontologists and other geoscientists has discovered the first North American co-occurrence of hadrosaur and therizinosaur tracks in the lower Cantwell Formation within Denali National Park, suggesting that an aspect of the continental ecosystem of central Asia was also present in this part of Alaska during the Late Cretaceous. This comprehensive cross-disciplinary effort has resulted in a paper entitled An unusual association of hadrosaur and therizinosaur tracks within Late Cretaceous rocks of Denali National Park, Alaska published in Scientific Reports, an online open access scientific mega journal published by the Nature Publishing Group, covering all areas of the natural sciences. Anthony R. Fiorillo, Ph.D., chief curator and vice president of research and collections at the ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Raphael Avigdor attends a pop-up art exhibit by Castle Fitzjohns Gallery, Sponsored by THE AVIGDOR / PENKOVA TEAM at Douglas Elliman at 24 Edwards Hole on August 4, 2018 in East Hampton, New York. Jared Siskin/Getty Images for Hamptons Magazine/AFP
| Morocco's ancient city of Volubilis rises again | | Smithsonian releases its third installment of Second Opinion: "The State of the Arts in 21st-Century America" | | Robert Redford 'retiring from acting' at 81 | 
A tourist walks through the ruins of the ancient Roman site of Volubilis, near the town of Moulay Idriss Zerhounon in Morocco's north central Meknes region, on July 25, 2018. FADEL SENNA / AFP.
MOULAY DRISS ZERHOUN (AFP).- Situated in a fertile plain at the foot of Mount Zerhoun, the sprawling remains of Morocco's oldest Roman site -- Volubilis -- have survived pillage and long periods of neglect. After decades of decay, however, custodians of the now closely guarded ancient city have turned the page and are bringing back the tourists. The site, nestled among olive groves near the city of Meknes, boasts a new museum and visitor centre and has been attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors. They stroll along the main artery lined with porticoes and the remnants of vast mansions, whose mosaic floors testify to a prosperous past. A triumphal arch, a classic symbol of Roman architecture, sits at the top of what once was the main compound. Known in Arabic as "Oualili", the city was named a UNESCO World ... More | | 
What role do the arts play in the nations success and identity?
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian released its third installment of Second Opinion: The State of the Arts in 21st-Century America, which examines the importance, impact and future of the arts in America. Launched in 2017, Second Opinion is a digital platform that convenes thought leaders to explore some of the critical issues facing our nation and the world. The site features a big idea or topic that is explored through a variety of different features, angles and points of view. The topics are reinforced by the breadth and depth of the Smithsonians reach and expertise. The sites goal is to foster conversation and the understanding that different opinions which arise from the same set of facts can lead to better collaboration toward common goals. Second Opinion also seeks to engage local communities by providing educational materials from the Smithsonian that help convene conversations and drive thought ... More | | 
In this file photo taken on September 01, 2017, US actor Robert Redford attends the premiere of the movie "Our Souls at Night" during the 74th Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido. Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP.
NEW YORK (AFP).- Robert Redford, the screen legend and Oscar winner, has announced that he's retiring from acting at the grand old age of 81, with upcoming movie "The Old Man & The Gun" his last gig in front of the camera. The actor, director and founder of the Sundance Institute and its film festival, began his career on stage 60 years ago, before moving into television and film, and eventually into directing. "Never say never, but I pretty well concluded that this would be it for me in terms of acting," he told Entertainment Weekly. "(I'll) move toward retirement after this 'cause I've been doing it since I was 21," he said. "I thought, well, that's enough. And why not go out with something that's very upbeat and positive?" His publicist Cindi Berger confirmed the article was accurate. When asked if his prospective retirement would extend ... More |
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| "Poster passion" leads to records at Swann; Mucha's Times of the Day top lot in August sale | | Toby Kamps joins White Cube as Director of External Projects | | Funeral set for Israel's only Oscar-winning director Moshe Mizrahi | 
Keep Calm and Carry On, designer unknown, 1939. Sold for: $12,500.
NEW YORK, NY.- A mammoth auction of Vintage Posters on August 1 set at least six auction records, including a new high price for Sutro Baths. The text-free variant of the 1896 poster, promoting a former San Francisco landmark, brought $23,400. The exhibition for Swann Galleries annual summer auction was overflowing, taking both exhibition floors at the houses Flatiron district premises. Alphonse Muchas Times of the Day was the top lot of the auction, selling to an institution for $40,000. Other Mucha works received significant attention from collectors: Bières de la Meuse, 1897, sold for $17,500 over an $8-12,000 presale estimate, and Salon des Cent, 1896, brought $10,000. The sale set a record price for Peter Behrens Der Kuss, 1898, a color woodcut published by Pan magazine, at $5,000. Other Art Nouveau highlights included Marcello Dudovichs 1908 design for the Italian department store Mele ($6,500). ... More | | 
He joins White Cube from the Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston, where he held the position of Jane Dale Owen Director and Chief Curator.
LONDON.- White Cube announced the appointment of Toby Kamps as Director of External Projects, based in London. He joins White Cube from the Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston, where he held the position of Jane Dale Owen Director and Chief Curator. Since 2016, he has also served as Curator for the Spotlight section at Frieze London and New York. Kamps is an experienced curator who previously worked at the Menil Collection, Houston; Contemporary Arts Museum Houston; Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland; and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. He has also written for numerous exhibition catalogues and art magazines. Under the direction of White Cubes Global Artistic Director Susan May, Kamps will be responsible for seeking new business opportunities for the gallery and leading on external ... More | | 
The 86-year-old director of the Academy Award-winning 1977 film "Madame Rosa", which was filmed in France and starred Simone Signoret, died on Friday.
JERUSALEM (AFP).- Israeli filmmaker Moshe Mizrahi, the country's only director of an Oscar-winning film, is to be buried in Tel Aviv on Monday following his death last week, friends and colleagues said. The 86-year-old director of the Academy Award-winning 1977 film "Madame Rosa", which was filmed in France and starred Simone Signoret, died on Friday. He also directed two other Oscar-nominated films in the 1970s: "I Love You Rosa" and "The House on Chelouche Street". "Madame Rosa", the story of a former prostitute in Paris who had survived the Auschwitz death camp, won the Academy Award for best foreign language film, representing France. It was an adaptation of the novel "The Life Before Us" by French author Romain Gary, written under the pseudonym Emile Ajar. Born in 1931 in Egypt, Mizrahi emigrated to what was ... More |
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| Multimedia exhibition features never-before-seen photographs of historic sites | | Aspen Art Museum raises over $2.5 million at 2018 ArtCrush Summer Benefit | | Sarah Bailey Hogarty appointed Director of Marketing and Communications of The Contemporary Jewish Museum | 
Anonymous. View of Temple of Bel Cella, 2018.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Institute for Digital Archaeology, in association with the UK Permanent Mission to the United Nations, is presenting Old Cities, New Eyes, a multimedia exhibition featuring virtual reality experiences, state-of-the-art 3D modelling, and never-before-seen photographs of historic sites. Showcasing both the importance and the fragility of cultural heritage through the lens of two-hundred years of imaging technology. Photographs from Palmyra' curated by Stacey Lambrow as part of Old Cities, New Eyes includes some of the earliest photographs of the ancient site created in the 19th century alongside some of the most recent images of Palmyra taken just weeks ago. The exhibition highlights the peril our cultural heritage faces and the effect of war on these sites and the society and communities who have lived beside them for centuries ¬ the human loss resulting from the physical and cultu ... More | | 
Aspen Art Museum ArtCrush event Chair Amy Phelan, Aspen Art Museum Nancy and Bob Magoon CEO and Director Heidi Zuckerman, and 2018 Aspen Award for Art honoree Rashid Johnson.
ASPEN, COLO.- On Friday, August 3, 2018, the Aspen Art Museum held the main event in its annual ArtCrush benefit gala. In its fourteen-year event history, ArtCrush has seen the AAM meet or exceed its annual budget goals, with 2018s iteration raising over $2.5 million in mission-critical funding for the museums year-round curatorial and educational programming. More than 500 of the worlds most distinguished and influential art collectors, artists, gallerists, museum professionals, and business leaders gathered in Aspen to participate in the museums signature annual series of events culminating in Friday evenings ArtCrush Live and Silent Auction and the presentation of the 2018 Aspen Award for Art to artist Rashid Johnson. ArtCrush officially kicked off Wednesday, August 1, ... More | | 
Hogarty most recently was Director of Digital Content at California College of the Arts.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The Contemporary Jewish Museum announced the appointment of Sarah Bailey Hogarty as Director of Marketing and Communications. Hogarty began in her new role July 18, 2018. Hogarty most recently was Director of Digital Content at California College of the Arts (CCA) where she developed an institutional content strategy to communicate CCAs programmatic and operational vision, overseeing digital marketing and advertising, website development, social media, multimedia and video production, and more. Prior to that, she was Senior Creative Strategist at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), which included work on the acclaimed SFMOMA app and the award-winning sfmoma.org website. Hogarty also originated the role of Social and Digital Media Manager at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. We are delighted to welcome Sarah to ... More |
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| 2018 Seattle Art Fair concludes 4th year with high engagement and permanent gifts to city | | Reynolda's centennial marketing campaign wins top award in the southeast, inspires tattoos | | New season of film at Tate Modern | 
Seattle Art Fair 2018. Courtesy of Seattle Art Fair.
SEATTLE, WA.- The Seattle Art Fair, presented by AIG, culminated in strong sales and high public engagement with the fairs Projects & Talks program. The fourth edition of the fair was the largest to date, with 106 exhibitors representing over 35 cities around the globe, including Berlin, Dublin, Kyoto, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Montreal, New York, Paris, Seoul, Stockholm, Tokyo, and Vancouver. Sustaining the growth from previous years, the fair had over 22,500 attendees throughout the weekend. "We are grateful to Seattle and the broader Pacific Northwest for its enthusiastic embrace of the fair, and were delighted to see so many significant out-of-town collectors attend this year. The public's extraordinary response to Nato Thompsons program, coupled with tremendous support from collectors and institutions, made for a successful fourth year, said Seattle Art Fair Director Max Fishko. Art fairs are not only abou ... More | | 
Reynolda House debuted the centennial logo in July 2017 to kick off its centennial-year celebrations.
WINSTON-SALEM, NC.- The Southeastern Museums Conference has awarded Reynolda House Museum of American Art the Gold Medal for the museums marketing campaign created for Reynoldas centennial and seven people have commissioned tattoos of the design at the center of the campaign. Reynolda House debuted the centennial logo in July 2017 to kick off its centennial-year celebrations. The designs reflected colors found throughout the inside and outside of the estate, Art Nouveau-style typography found in the original house blueprints, and a line drawing of female hand and a rose, symbols of the three generations of women who have stewarded Reynoldas legacy as a gift to the community. The designs appeared in an array of materials created for the milestone: banners, magnets, decals, embossers, stickers, invitations, T-shirts, advertisements and brochures. The marketing team then made a surprising and ... More | | 
To launch this seasons Artists Cinema a strand for artists to showcase and discuss their recent films for the first time in London Filipino artist and filmmaker Shireen Seno presents her award-winning feature film Nervous Translation.
LONDON.- Stretching across the Starr Cinema, the Tanks and gallery displays, Tate Modern announces a new season of film and moving image, comprising screenings, discussions and installations of works by emerging and established artists and filmmakers. Highlights include the UK premiere of Lawrence Abu Hamdans new video installation and performance Walled Unwalled in the Tanks, a cinema survey dedicated to the Chinese film pioneer Wang Bing, the first museum gathering of a generation of artist-filmmakers working over the last decade, and premieres followed by Q&As with artists Shireen Seno and Jumana Manna. To launch this seasons Artists Cinema a strand for artists to showcase and discuss their recent films for the first time in London ... More |
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 1929 Bentley 4 1/2 litre 'Le Mans' style tourer for sale with H&H Classics LONDON.- This car was supplied new to the man who not only bankrolled four out of Bentleys five Le Mans 24-hours victories during the Vintage era but also achieved three of them. H&H Classics - one of just five classic car auction companies to sell a car for more than $10m - is bringing this Bentley to market at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford on October 17th. It is estimated to sell for £750,000 to £850,000. Nicknamed Mr 100% by the Automobile Club de lOuest which organises the Le Mans 24-hours because of his unmatched starts-to-wins ratio, Woolf Babe Barnato was the son of a billionaire whose wealth had come via numerous South African diamond and gold mines. As Chairman and majority shareholder of Bentley Motors, Barnato had his absolute pick of the companys products. One of just two normally aspirated 4½ Litre cars that he took delivery of ... More Bauhaus Dessau Foundation to hold symposium and exhibitionDESSAU-ROÃLAU.- A symposium on 9 August 2018 marks the conclusion of the Bauhaus Lab 2018. Professionals and students from the fields of architecture, design, construction, art and culture are invited to discuss architectonic themes in the context of Konrad Wachsmanns universal connector with international guests. Konrad Wachsmanns universal connector is a metal connecting node utilised in the construction of prefabricated houses, devised under the shadow cast by the Second World War. It was first used in 1949, in the General Panel System designed by Wachsmann and Walter Gropius. For Wachsmann, the connector combined his interest in the rationalisation and standardisation of architecture with concepts of universal applicability. Like almost no other, Wachsmann advanced the industrialisation of architecture and the possibilities associated ... More Nam June Paik Award 2018 shortlist announced MÃNSTER.- This year, the Kunststiftung NRW is presenting its international media art prize the Nam June Paik Award for the ninth time. Staged every two years, the competition takes place in conjunction with a designated art institution in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Westfälische Kunstverein in Münster has been selected as project partner for the forthcoming presentation of the award and will host the exhibition featuring the nominated artists in November. Artworks by the five nominees selected by a panel of experts comprising Kristina Scepanski, Director of the Westfälischer Kunstverein, Hanne Mugaas, Director of the Kunsthall Stavanger in Norway and Anne-Claire Schmitz, founding director of the art space La Loge in Brussels will be on display in the Westfälischer Kunstverein from 10 November 2018 until 3 February 2019. The Nam June ... More In the Manner Of to offer paintings attributed to Van Gogh, Warhol, Picasso, Corot, and ModiglianiFRANKLIN, MASS.- Paintings done in the manner of Andy Warhol, Vincent van Gogh and a host of other fine art luminaries will highlight the next In the Manner Of fine art auction, online now and with live bidding set to begin on Thursday, August 23rd, at 5:30 pm Eastern time, at 500 Gallery located at 500 Franklin Village Drive in Franklin. In all, 191 works will come up for bid. In addition to van Gogh and Warhol (who will both be represented more than once in the sale), the catalog will also feature a selection of artwork by, attributed to or in the manner of master artists of the 19th and 20th Centuries, including Arshile Gorky, Robert Motherwell, Willem de Kooning, Cy Twombly, Edgar Degas, Pablo Picasso, Camille Pissarro and Amedeo Modigliani. The catalog is open for online bidding now, at www.IntheMannerOf.com and the online platform LiveAuctioneers.com. ... More Enormous 'lightning bolt' gold nugget - rarer than any diamond - to bring $100,000 at auctionDALLAS, TX.- An enormous, 40-ounce gold nugget, nicknamed Lightning Bolt for its jolting, bright yellow glow and rarity beyond any diamond found on Earth, could take top lot honors in in Heritage Auctions Nature & Science Auction Aug. 18. The 11-inch nugget was discovered in Victoria, Australia, and experts have deemed the remarkable find a museum-quality specimen. Weighing 39.9 troy ounces (43.8 ounces, or 1,241 grams), the Lightning Bolt (estimate: $70,000-100,000) is an absolute rarity, because of its size and aesthetic appearance, said Craig Kissick, Heritage Auctions Nature & Science Director. Gold is universal. It has been for centuries, and the demand for Gold will remain, or even increase, for generations to come. The fact that the vast majority of all Gold produced has been melted down for its pure content makes a nugget like this one even more ... More After 'Mary Shelley', pioneering Saudi female director keen to film back homePARIS (AFP).- Fresh from shooting her first film in English, Haifaa al-Mansour plans to return to her native Saudi Arabia next month for her new project -- but this time, she won't be directing out of view by walkie-talkie from the back of a van. "When I started making films -- I started in 2005, when my first short came out -- people didn't believe in cinema in Saudi Arabia -- films were illegal, the country was very segregated, so it was like 'a woman making films, oh!'," the 43-year-old director told AFP in an interview. "But Saudi Arabia has changed," Mansour said. Late last year Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman lifted a decades-old ban on cinemas as part of his push to modernise the ultra-conservative country, which included in June allowing women to drive. Saudi Arabia this year made its first official appearance at the Cannes film festival with its submission of a ... More Significant gift of major works by Mervyn Williams on view at the SarjeantWHANGANUI.- Over the last year, the Sarjeant has been the fortunate recipient of a significant gift of major works by Mervyn Williams, from the artist and his family. This exhibition features nine wonderful paintings spanning that part of his long career from 1976 through to the most recent work of 2017 Mervyn Williams relationship with the Sarjeant Gallery first began when he was included in the exhibition Seven Painters /The Eighties that was curated and toured nationally under the Directorship of Bill Milbank. In 1986 Milbank established an artist-in-residence programme based in historic Tylee Cottage and in 1988, Williams became the third artist to hold the year-long residency. Over fifty artists have now taken residency in Tylee Cottage over the last thirty plus years. Williams cites his time in Whanganui as being a significant turning point in his career, ... More Last chance to see: Exhibition of paintings by British artist Celia Paul at the Yale Center for British ArtNEW HAVEN, CONN.- Featuring six paintings from the contemporary British artist Celia Paul (born 1959), this is the first in a series of three successive exhibitions authored and curated by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hilton Als, staff writer and theater critic for the New Yorker and Associate Professor of Writing at Columbia University. This display, specially selected by Als in collaboration with the artist and a deeply personal testament to their transatlantic friendship, focuses on Pauls recent works, which explore intimacy and inwardness. Alss subsequent installments at the Center will feature the works of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (2019) and Njideka Akunyili Crosby (2020). Contemporary British art has had a global impact, explained Als. Visionaries such as Peter Doig, Chris Offili, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, and Celia Paul define a post-YBA aesthetic that ... More Sydney Architecture Festival 2018 announces programSYDNEY.- The 12th annual Sydney Architecture Festival returns to the heart of the city this September, with events unfolding over four days from Friday 28 September until Monday 1 October 2018. The Festival presents a program of talks, tours and exhibits exploring what makes a building truly great from Saturday 29 to Sunday 30 September and is bookended by The Architecture Symposium, presented for the first time in Sydney on Friday 28 September, and the annual World Architecture Day Oration on Monday 1 October. Tim Horton, NSW Architects Registrar and Director of the Sydney Architecture Festival, says: The 12th annual Sydney Architecture Festival invites Sydneysiders to get behind some of our most iconic buildings and ask: what makes a building truly great? 2018 is a supernova for milestones in Australian architecture. With major anniversaries ... More London Design Biennale selects Studio INI installation for central courtyard exhibit at Somerset HouseLONDON.- Experimental design practice Studio INI announced that its new kinetic installation, which represents this years Greek Pavilion, has been selected from 40 countries for the central courtyard exhibit at the London Design Biennale 2018. The Biennale will be held across Somerset House from 3 - 23 September. The design engineers at Studio INI (London and Athens) led by Nassia Inglessis couple rigorous design research with public engagement to create experiential installations. For the London Design Biennale Studio INI presents a kinetic installation entitled ΑΝΥΠΑΚΟΗ (Disobedience) responding to the Biennale theme of Emotional States. Studio INI Kinetic Installation Selected for Central Courtyard Exhibit at London Design Biennale 2018. ΑΝΥΠΑΚΟΗ is comprised of a 17 metre-long wall constructed from a steel spring skeleton built up with recycl ... More PHOTOFAIRS / Shanghai 2018 announces a challenging public programSHANGHAI.- PHOTOFAIRS | Shanghai (September 21 - 23, 2018) today announces that it will mark its fifth anniversary with a five-part Public Program. This will include curated exhibition platforms of groundbreaking contemporary Asian art - Staged, Connected, Spotlight, Insights - and the fairs Conversations series. Together these five highlights will create the Fairs most thought-provoking and contemporary Public Program yet. Highlights in the 2018 Public Program include; a critically acclaimed exhibition by Hiroshi Sugimoto; talks by leading artists including VALIE EXPORT (Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Paris & London), Chen Chieh-Jen (Long March Space, Beijing) and Hong Hao (Pace Gallery, New York, Palo Alto, London, Paris, Seoul & Beijing) and a collaboration with international curator, Victor Wang (王宗孚). Georgia Griffiths, ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Danish-German painter Emil Nolde was born August 07, 1867. Emil Nolde (born Emil Hansen; 7 August 1867 - 13 April 1956) was a German-Danish painter and printmaker. He was one of the first Expressionists, a member of Die Brücke, and was one of the first oil painting and watercolor painters of the early 20th century to explore color. In this image: Emil Nolde, Large Poppies (Red, Red, Red), (Grosser Mohn (Rot, Rot, Rot)), 1942 (detail). Oil on canvas, 73.5 x 89.5 cm © Nolde Stiftung Seebüll.
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