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| | | Museo Picasso Málaga opens 'Picasso Sculptor. Matter and body', an exhibition centred on the human figure | |
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Exhibition "Picasso Sculptor. Matter and Body" at the MPM © Museo Picasso Málaga.
MALAGA.- Conceived and curated by Carmen Giménez, who was the first director of the Museo Picasso Málaga, this selection of sculptures presents the plurality of styles employed by Pablo Picasso to depict the forms of the human body, interpreting it in a range of formats and making use of every material available to him, including wood, iron, plaster, cement, and different metals such as bronze. For Picasso, the discipline of sculpture was not a secondary one within his output; rather he saw it as a means of expression comparable to painting, drawing, printmaking and ceramics given that, as he himself said, no art form is more or less important than any other. These languages and materials allowed him to express different aspects of his creativity. Although this facet of his work began to become both more significant and more extensive during the Cubist period, Picasso made sculptures from almost the outset of his lengthy artistic ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day With her first major presentation in Vienna, Elisabeth Wildâs story comes full circle at mumok. At the heart of the conceived exhibition is her artistic development, which reads like a ride through twentieth- and twenty-first-century art history. Early and late works have been juxtaposed on two of mumokâs exhibition levels.
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| Palmer Museum of Art will unveil installation by Dale Chihuly in new building | | National Gallery of Art acquires work by Jeffrey Gibson | | Egyptian hippopotamus among ancient treasures in Hindman Antiquities auction |
For more than 50 years, Chihulys practice has been an exploration of color, light, transparency, and form.
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA.- The new building for the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State, which is currently under construction, will feature a site-specific art installation by internationally acclaimed artist Dale Chihuly. Commissioned in honor of Penn State President Emeritus Eric Barron and his wife Molly Barron, and funded through the generosity of donors, Lupine Blue Persian Wall will anchor the feature staircase in the museums new 71,254-square-foot facility, slated to open to the public in spring 2024. The large-scale installation spans over 13 feet tall and 35 feet wide and comprises 22 glass forms in Penn States classic blue and white, accented with golden yellows and vibrant reds. This stunning work will be a notable addition to the Palmer Museums growing permanent collection. For decades, Dale Chihuly has defied the boundaries of traditional glass sculpture, creating astonishing works that dazzle the eye of the beholder wh ... More | |
Jeffrey Gibson, The Anthropophagic Effect, Garment No. 4, 2019. Canvas, satin, cotton, brass grommets, nylon thread, artificial sinew, split reed, glass and plastic beads, nylon ribbon, overall: 58 x 72 in. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Lehrman Fund and Millennium Fund, 2023.7.1 Photo courtesy of Jason Wyche.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Uniting traditional Native American craft with contemporary cultural and commercial references, the work of Jeffrey Gibson (b. 1972, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians/Cherokee Nation descent) speaks to the complexity of constructing identity within the context of modern globalism. The National Gallery of Art has acquired The Anthropophagic Effect, Garment No. 4 (2019), a work from an acclaimed series of garments. Emblematic of his signature style, The Anthropophagic Effect, Garment No. 4 combines features of Native American craft traditions into a multilayered statement. Split reeds, beading, and ribbons from Native dance regalia adorn the garment designed for dance performances. Garment No. 4 ... More | |
An Egyptian Faience Hippopotamus. Estimate: $40,000 - 60,000.
CHICAGO, IL.- Hindmans Antiquities & Ancient Art auction on May 25 will feature over 240 objects from the ancient Mediterranean world. From an Egyptian faience hippopotamus to a large Cycladic marble head, this auction features a selection of ancient works that will appeal to a wide range of collectors. An Egyptian faience hippopotamus (lot 63; estimate: $40,000-60,000) is among the most closely watched lots leading up to the auction. Based on our research, there are only five of these Egyptian hippopotami known including this example. We are delighted to have it on offer with us, commented Jacob Coley, Hindman Director & Senior Specialist of Antiquities & Ancient Art. We are anticipating that this dynamic statuette will see significant attention on auction day. While its meaning remains ambiguous and scholars continue to debate its significance, it is clear the hippopotamus ... More |
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| Rago Design Series to offer outstanding selection | | NGV celebrating more than 200 Victorian-based artists | | Dallas Museum of Art announces international design competition shortlist |
Leona Nicholson for Newcomb College Pottery, Early and Tall vase with irises, USA, 1908. Glazed earthenware, 12½ h à 5¾ dia in (32 à 15 cm). Estimate: $19,00024,000.
LAMBERVILLE, NJ.- Rago's Spring Design series Early 20th Century Design on May 11th and Modern Design on May 12th will bring multiple important works to auction, including art pottery and ceramics from George Ohr, Toshiko Takaezu, and Saturday Evening Girls, furniture from Wendell Castle, Paul Evans, and George Nakashima, and glass from Lino Tagliapietra and Dan Dailey. Building on Rago's reputation as one of the foremost purveyors of art pottery, Early 20th Century Design features a selection of works from George E. Ohr, Saturday Evening Girls, Grueby Faience, and the Newcomb College Pottery. Two exceptional works from Ohr, a handled green vase (est. $35,000-40,000) and a volcanic glazed vase (est. $25,000-35,000) showcase the singular maker's experimental style. Made by Leona Nicholson for the Newcomb ... More | |
Ara Dolatian, Anzu, 2022. Glazed ceramics, 37.00 cm x 27.00 cm x 18.00 cm. ©Ara Dolatian. Photo: Simon Strong.
MELBOURNE.- The second edition of the ground-breaking exhibition Melbourne is now open at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia since March 2023. Bold in scope and scale, the exhibition highlights the extraordinary work of more than 200 Victorian-based artists, designers, studios and firms whose practices are shaping the cultural landscape of Melbourne and Victoria. With more than 200 ambitious and thought-provoking projects on display, including more than 70 world-premiere works commissioned especially by the NGV for this major presentation, the exhibition highlights the vibrant creativity of local emerging, mid-career and senior practitioners and collectives including many who are presenting at the NGV for the very first time. The large-scale exhibition traverses all levels of The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, including contemporary interventions across the Australi ... More | |
David Chipperfield; photography by Christian Werner.
DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art today announced the shortlist for the Reimagining the Dallas Museum of Art International Design Competition. The first stage of the competition, which launched in February 2023, attracted an outstanding global response, garnering 154 team submissions from around the world. The high quality of the submissions led the DMAs Architect Selection Committee (see Notes below) to increase the number of shortlisted teams from the originally envisaged five to six. David Chipperfield Architects (London, UK) with HarrisonKornberg Architects (Local Architect); James Corner Field Operations (Landscape Architect); Pentagram (Exhibition Design); Thornton Tomasetti (Structural Engineer); Arup (Services and Lighting); and Atelier Ten (Sustainability). Diller Scofidio + Renfro (New York, USA) with Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Inc. (Landscape Architect); Arup (MEP, Sustainability and Daylighting Engineer); LERA ... More |
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| 'It's going to be a while': No end in sight for Hollywood strike | | TJ Boulting opens 'Maisie Cousins: Walking Back to Happiness' solo exhibition | | Andrea Huelin awarded Packing Room Prize 2023 for portrait of comedian Cal Wilson |
Members of the Writers Guild of America and supporters walk on the picket line on the third day of a nationwide strike outside Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, Calif., May 4, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
by Brooks Barnes and John Koblin
NEW YORK, NY.- Its not just posturing: As screenwriters continue their strike against Hollywood companies, the two sides remain a galaxy apart, portending a potentially long and destructive standoff. Any hope that this would be fast has faded, said Tara Kole, a founding partner of JSSK, an entertainment law firm that counts Emma Stone, Adam McKay and Halle Berry as clients. I hate to say it, but its going to be a while. The Writers Guild of America, which represents 11,500 screenwriters, went on strike Tuesday after contract negotiations with studios, streaming services and networks failed. By the end of the week, as companies punched back at the union ... More | |
Installation view.
LONDON.- TJ Boulting announced the second solo show by Maisie Cousins. Walking Back To Happiness, exhibition dates 10 May - 17 June 2023, is a combination of her close-up and visceral photography with a new venture in AI and installation, that delves into the artists obsessive search for reliving childhood memories. Cousins is known for her sensual imagery that often repels as much as it attracts, with a riot of the bodily, flowers, insects, food and rubbish all seen in a cacophony of bright colours and often oozing textures. Her early work began as a view onto a macro world shot from her teenage bedroom or the kitchen table, but always finding an irreverent beauty in the curious wastelands of lifes crevices. This new work sees her return to the confines of the domestic as she looks after her young daughter at home ... More | |
Packing Room Prize 2023 winner, Andrea Huelin Clown Jewels. Oil on board, 120.2 x 120.1 cm © The artist. Image © AGNSW, Jenni Carter.
NEW SOUTH WALES.- A portrait of New Zealand-born comedian Cal Wilson by Cairns-based artist Andrea Huelin has won this years Packing Room Prize. Huelins painting is one of 57 finalists in 2023 for Australias favourite art award, the Archibald Prize. Now in its 32nd year, the Packing Room Prize is a $3000 cash prize awarded to the best entry in the Archibald Prize as judged by the Art Gallery staff who receive, unpack and hang the entries. Former head packer Brett Cuthbertson retired in 2022, passing the baton to the Packing Room pickers three members of the Packing Room team, Timothy Dale, Monica Rudhar and Alexis Wildman, who together selected Huelins winning artwork for the Packing Room Prize 2023. ... More |
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| Exhibition features works by 20th century Latvian artists from the Rietumu Banks painting collection | | Kristen Lorello presents a solo exhibition of new paintings on plexiglass by Giacinto Occhionero | | Olympia Auctions announces Contemporary & Modern African and Middle Eastern Art auction |
Rūdolfs Pinnis (19021992). Roofs of Old Riga. 1967. Oil on cardboard. Collection of Rietumu Bank. Publicity photo.
RIGA.- The Art Museum RIGA BOURSE in Riga is hosting the exhibition Reflections of the Era presenting the works by 20th century Latvian artists from the Rietumu Banks painting collection. Every art collection has its historical origins. Rietumu Banks collection is only slightly younger than the bank itself, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2022, and they can considered to be contemporaries. The art collection is comprised of works by European, American and Latvian artists. For the exposition of this exhibition, a selection of 20th century paintings by Latvian artists has been chosen, because it depicts the existential reality of this age, which is reflected in the European art tradition, but with a Latvian perspective and touch. It melds the emotions felt by the artist and the viewer, and it is about the passion to live, thanks ... More | |
Installation view. Photography: Charles Benton.
NEW YORK, NY.- Kristen Lorello is presenting a solo exhibition of new paintings on plexiglass by Giacinto Occhionero. This is the Rome, Italy-based artist's fifth solo exhibition at Kristen Lorello. It develops his particular technique of reverse plexiglass painting and expands his abstract language of repeated circular motifs. In 2014, Occhionero made a breakthrough in his artistic development following an artist residency he attended in Istanbul, Turkey. Influenced by various public gardens he visited there, he began applying spray paint to transparent synthetic surfaces in small circular markings that lent his works an impressionistic feel. Over time, the artist began to insert secondary and tertiary colors into the circular shapes and to layer planes of color behind these forms to suggest an environment of cellular, celestial, and oceanographic patterns. In this new exhibition, Occhionero again expands the exploration of his own col ... More | |
Seif Wanly (Egyptian 1906 1979), Portrait of a Man in Purple (Abbas Fawzy). Gouache on paper. Property from the Private Collection of H.E. Dr Mohammed Said Farsi Thence by descent to the Present Owner. Estimate: £2,000 £3,000.
LONDON.- The inaugural Contemporary and Modern African and Middle Eastern Art Auction at Olympia Auctions on 11th May consisting of 88 lots will include paintings, prints and sculpture from Africa including the Maghreb, Egypt, Kenya and South Africa. The department is particularly delighted to offer property from the collection of H.E. Dr Mohammed Said Farsi (1935 - 2019). Dr Farsi stands as one of the most influential figures in the recent development of Middle Eastern visual arts and culture. The acclaimed Farsi collection continues to garner interest from collectors and institutions alike, comprising some of the finest examples of the regions contemporary cultural expression. Dr Farsis fondness for Egypt from his experience ... More |
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Jean-Michel Basquiatâs 'El Gran Espectaculo (The Nile),' 1983 Panel Discussion | Christie's Inc
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Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel opens an exhibition of works by Tamar Guimarães
SÃO PAULO.- Fortes DAloia & Gabriel is presenting SOAP, Tamar Guimarães solo exhibition at Galpão in São Paulo. The show presents the six episodes that compose the homonymous project, as well as episode 6 1⁄2, in which actress Camila Motta retrospectively narrates the whole series. The last two chapters of the film premiere on the occasion, marking the conclusion of the process, begun in 2020 in collaboration with Luisa Cavanaugh and Rusi Millán Pastori. SOAP manipulates the language of cinema and soap operas, accompanying a group of left-wingers attempt to infiltrate right- wing social networks. The tactic chosen by the group, composed of intellectuals and cultural agents, is the creation of a telenovela that would convey subversive messages in the apparently conservativ ... More
Adam Brace, director of ambitious one-person shows, dies at 43
NEW YORK, NY.- Adam Brace, a prolific British director renowned as an incisive collaborator with stand-up comedians and other performers on a string of acclaimed one-person shows, one of which is to open on Broadway next month, died April 29 in London. He was 43. Rebecca Fuller, his partner, said the cause of his death, in a hospital, was complications of a stroke. For more than a decade, Brace worked with more than a dozen comedians and actors, up-and-coming as well as established and most of them British, to craft stage shows that were thematically and structurally more ambitious than conventional stand-up sets, more in the tradition of shows starring American monologists like Eric Bogosian, Colin Quinn and Mike Birbiglia. Brace, who had once been a playwright, helped edit the shows with a sophis ... More
Review: At the Met, a new 'Don Giovanni' has a stark vitality
NEW YORK, NY.- When Ivo van Hoves new production of Don Giovanni begins, tendrils of smoke rise off the pavement onstage as if hell is already simmering underneath, ready to drag down the dissolute seducer of the title. Even though his staging dresses centuries-old characters in contemporary clothes and sets them in a courtyard of recognizably modern (if eerily anonymous) architecture, its clear that van Hove believes in good old-fashioned damnation. He is willing to embrace, however austerely, the supernatural side of this Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart classic, its surreal theatrical conventions. Known for his plain, harsh adaptations of plays such as A View From the Bridge and The Crucible, van Hove doesnt strain in his new production, playing at the Metropolitan Opera, to pr ... More
'Rance Jones: La Vida Brava - Cuba Today' on view at Forum Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Forum Gallery is hosting the second one-person exhibition for American watercolorist Rance Jones (b. 1965) at the gallery. The exhibition, La Vida Brava Cuba Today, opened on April 27, 2023, and will continue through June 9, 2023. Jones, who lives in Richardson, Texas, first visited Cuba in 2018 and was immediately inspired to begin his paintings of the current reality of life there. Jones has subsequently made two more trips to Cuba, each time traveling to small towns around the island-nation where the Artist takes time to learn about the lives of its inhabitants, talking to locals and absorbing their world through the music, commerce, dance, thought and history that informs their daily lives. For this exhibition, La Vida Brava Cuba Today, Jones has created nearly thirty new watercolors that ... More
Angel Botello oil painting and bronze works to lead Clarke Auction Gallery, May 15th
LARCHMONT, NY.- Clarke Auction Gallery typically has a diverse grouping of fine items in its monthly auctions but buyers can always count on seeing rare and important paintings and artists taking centerstage here. That wont change at its next auction but the date will. Instead of its usual Sunday time slot, which would fall on Mothers Day, the auction will move to Monday, May 15, at 12 noon. The auction will comprise art, sculptures, bronzes, marble, Asian antiquities, estate jewelry, sterling, Japanese samurai armor, Persian rugs and more. Featuring several local estates, the auction will be headlined by a particularly strong one in Scarsdale. Among the fine goods sourced from this home comes a choice collection of six Angel Botello (Puerto Rico, 1913-1986) paintings and bronzes. Expected to lead ... More
Fine jewelry and collection of Rolex watches highlight Moran's fine jewelry and timepieces sale
LOS ANGELES, CA.- John Moran Auctioneers is blooming with excitement to present their Spring rendition of the Fine Jewelry & Timepieces auction, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. The sale, starting at 10:00am, will feature over 275 lots of stunning jewelry pieces and an impressive selection of watches. For fine jewelry, the offerings will include gold and fine gemstones, specifically diamonds (and a lot of them!), emeralds, aquamarine, and rubies and feature designers such as Tiffany & Co., Cartier, Georgio Armani, John Hardy, Carimati, Bulgari, Jason of Beverly Hills, and Ivana Cella. Collectors are sure to watch out for the spectacular collection of watches, including examples from Patek Philippe, Cartier, Boucheron, and Tiffany & Co., but especially the multiple lots of Rolex! One of the most anticipated piec ... More
Tiffany Studios Nasturtium table lamp from the Ron Blessing Collection brings in $71,500
DOUGLASS, KAN.- An outstanding Tiffany Studios (N.Y.) table lamp with a leaded glass Nasturtium shade sold for $71,500, and three lots of spectacular furniture from the renowned 19th century American cabinetmaker R. J. Horner brought a combined $43,000 in the sale of Part 2 of the Ron Blessing collection held March 18th by Woody Auction, online and live in the Douglass auction hall. The Ron Blessing collection was an incredible gathering of quality Victorian antiques, French cameo art glass, period American furniture and other items, acquuired over the course of a lifetime. Part 1 was held in October and was a huge success. The top lots were a gorgeous pair of early 20th century signed Galle French cameo art glass pieces, one a lamp, the other a vase, that sold for a combined $133,750. ... More
Works by Odilon Redon and Pierre Bonnard now on view at Jill Newhouse Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Jill Newhouse Gallery opened on May 4th two concurrent exhibitions of works from private collections by Odilon Redon (1840-1916) and by Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947). Spanning each artists career, the shows includes prints, paintings and works on paper that will end on May 26th, 2023. Odilon Redon was a uniquely creative artist whose personal psychological voyage is made starkly visible in the images he created. Born into a wealthy Bordeaux family in 1840 but suffering with illnesses that kept him in isolation throughout his youth, Redon developed an early affinity for the macabre and the fantastic through the literature of Flaubert, Baudelaire and Edgar Allen Poe. Trained in the visual arts by the academic painter J. L. Gérome and the eccentric lithographic genius Rodolphe Bresdin, Redon be ... More
At 6 Catskills resorts: Retro design, modern comfort and games, lots of games
NEW YORK, NY.- Picture yourself on a sojourn in the Catskill Mountains of New York. Would your preferred game be Pac-Man, pickleball or backgammon? The answer could determine where you stay. Then again, with the variety of games on hand at nearly every one of the Catskills newest wave of stylish resorts, there should be more than one option that tickles your fancy. The influence of New York City, Brooklyn in particular, has been palpable in the Catskills about 100 miles northwest of the metro area for years. About a decade ago, indie hotels such as the Graham & Co. in Phoenicia and Foxfire Mountain House in Mount Tremper imported urban cool to the country with their Moroccan poufs, Tivoli radios and linen bedding. When Scribners Catskill Lodge debuted in 2016, its loftlike rooms and f ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Victorian painter James Collinson was born May 09, 1825. James Collinson (9 May 1825 - 24 January 1881) was a Victorian painter who was a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood from 1848 to 1850. In this image: Mother and Child by a Stile, with Culver Cliff, Isle of Wight, in the Distance, 1849-50.
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