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Jody Harrison Grass (Museum Board Chair), Reginald Cunningham, and Irvin Lippman (Museum Executive Director) at the Boca Raton Museum of Art (photo by Jose Lima/News Travels Fast).
BOCA RATON, FLA.- The Boca Raton Museum of Art presents Reginald Cunningham: Black Pearls, the first-ever museum exhibition of Cunninghams work, curated by Kelli Bodle, Assistant Curator. The Museum has commissioned Cunningham, nationally acclaimed for his brand BePureBlack.com, for this new series of photographs to honor the nearby historically Black neighborhood of Pearl City, celebrated as one of the earliest and longest lasting African American neighborhoods in Florida. The Pearl City residents are our Museums closest neighbors, located only two blocks away, and we want to celebrate our neighbors with this exhibition, says Irvin Lippman, the Executive Director of the Boca Raton Museum of Art. This exhibition was made possible with the generous support of Barbara Schmidt and Michelle Maros, and the Schmidt Family Foundation. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Installation view of Matisse: The Red Studio, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 1, 2022 - September 10, 2022. © 2022 The Museum of Modern Art. Photo: Jonathan Muzikar.
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| Ordovas presents the first solo exhibition of work by Catherine Repko | | The Paul Georges Estate joins Simon Lee Gallery | | A constellation of stars from the Latin art world |
Installation view.
LONDON.- From 5 to 10 September 2022, Ordovas presents the first solo exhibition of work by Catherine Repko, winner of The Valerie Beston Artists Trust Award, 2021. At winters twilight, in summer dusk is inspired by the artists relationships with her three sisters, and presents paintings, pastels and etchings which explore the nostalgia of reflecting on, or reimagining, the past. The Valerie Beston Artists Trust was established in 2006 after the death of Valerie Beston, who was renowned for supporting and nurturing the careers of many of the leading artists working in London throughout her extraordinary fifty-year career. The charity was established to support artists at the beginning of their careers; it has since collaborated with the Royal College of Art to award an annual prize to a postgraduate student selected from its degree show. The prize comprises a studio for a year at SPACE, a financial contribution tow ... More | |
Portrait of the artist, 1965.
NEW YORK, NY.- Simon Lee Gallery announced its representation of the Paul Georges Estate. Born in 1923 in Portland, OR to a Greek father and Jewish mother, and emerging to prominence in the mid-1950s as one of the New York School artists, Paul Georges, who studied with Fernand Léger and Hans Hofmann, sought to bring the energy of Abstract Expressionism to representational painting. He fearlessly explored a number of genres including narrative painting, self-portraiture, still life, landscape, and political allegory, and achieved a highly distinctive style. In the 1960s, Georges practice evolved from an engagement with the Cézannesque figure composition when he felt compelled to respond to the social and political turmoil of America. After painting his first overtly political study of JFKs Dallas motorcade, Georges adopted the large format of history painting to cast light on social, political, and artistic ... More | |
uan Francisco Elso, Por América (José MartÃ), 1986, a carved figure of the Cuban poet José MartÃ, has haunted our critic. It will be included in an Elso retrospective at El Museo del Barrio.Credit...Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution; photo by Ron Amstutz.
NEW YORK, NY.- Of the powerhouse exhibitions headed our way this season, Murillo: From Heaven to Earth at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas (Sept. 18-Jan. 29) heads my list for its title alone. Given the state of our combusting, war-racked planet, we could use some outside help, and in the painterly cosmos of the 17th-century Spanish Baroque painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo its there: Angels and saints beam down to succor ordinary folk, and everyone looks touched by grace. A popular art of immense sophistication in a one-stop-only show. Divine protection and healing will also be the dual dynamic of Bamigboye: A Master Sculptor of the Yoruba Tradition at the Yale University ... More |
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| Kristen Lorello opens an exhibition of works by Takuji Hamanaka | | Ewbank's to sell personal collection of genius puppeteer from Spitting Image and Star Wars | | Elizabeth Glaessner's first solo exhibition with Perrotin opens in Paris |
Takuji Hamanaka, Sliced Stone, 2021. Cut and pasted woodblock printed papers, mounted on museum board, 32 x 25 1/2 inches, photo: Lance Brewer.
NEW YORK, NY.- Kristen Lorello opened a solo exhibition of new works on paper by Brooklyn-based artist Takuji Hamanaka. This is the artist's third solo exhibition at the gallery and includes abstract compositions comprised of small pieces of precisely collaged papers printed in the traditional Japanese Bokashi woodblock printing technique. In this technique, a woodblock is inked unevenly to create a fade of color when pressed onto paper. In this new group of works, Hamanaka has transformed his approach to color. He achieves brilliant hues by layering printed gradients of color over each other onto single papers that he then aligns, cuts, and collages to form dazzling polychrome bands that repeat in different forms. A full-color catalogue is available. Each composition includes a pattern of irregular shapes separated from a single color background by a blurred outline of beige paper. ... More | |
Lady Penelope (from Thunderbirds) puppet on wooden stand, hand constructed by Phil Eason, approx. 52 cm. Estimate £1,000-1,500. Image courtesy of Ewbanks Auctions.
WOKING.- Star Wars, Spitting Image, Labyrinth, Lost In Space, Little Shop of Horrors. All these classic films and shows benefited from the genius of puppeteer and puppet builder Phil Eason (1960-2021). Now his collection of puppets and associated material is being sold in a dedicated auction at Ewbanks on September 9. Highlights include models of Lady Penelope and her chauffeur Parker hand-built by Eason as a tribute to Supermarionation series Thunderbirds, as well as production sketches, animation cels and original puppet moulds for commercial productions. One of the most highly regarded puppeteers of his generation, Phil Eason had originally studied acting before working on several productions at the Polka Childrens Theatre in Wimbledon, a venue with a national reputation. He then moved on to the Jim Henson ... More | |
Elizabeth Glaessner, view of the studio. ©Guillaume Ziccarelli. Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin.
PARIS.- Perrotin is presenting Dead Leg, Elizabeth Glaessners first solo exhibition with the gallery. It brings together fifteen paintings, made over the course of the past two years, with a selection of recent works on paper. Since receiving her MFA in 2012, Glaessner has undertaken an evolving pictorial search which she seems to have honed in recent years into a focused path which suits her development. In Dead Leg, her color palette has narrowed to blues, greens and browns; her subjects have been refocused around post-apocalyptic situations essentially featuring women in distress; her style, too, has sharpened and asserted itself: the ambitions of her painting are now precise and explicit. Allowing things to not necessarily make sense that helps me in letting compositional decisions inform a narrative. Not tying myself to reality that was a critical moment, she told Interview magazine in July 2014. This is c ... More |
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| Exceptional historical treasures presented at auction for the first time | | Phillips announces highlights from the September Evening & Day Editions Auctions in London | | Thousands of entries received for DEMO - the largest motion design festival in the world |
The Order of the Holy Spirit awarded to Count Louis-Auguste-Augustin d'Affry, the one and only Swiss to have ever received this order from the French monarchy (lot 34 opposite, estimated at CHF 3,000-5,000).
GENEVA.- Originally housed in the Château de Penthes (opposite), which closed two years ago, the Foundation was born of the combined passion of Jean-René Bory (1928-2009) and the enthusiasm of numerous donors. Its objective was "to make known as widely as possible the history of the Swiss who, throughout the world, exercised a significant influence on the civilisation of their time", from a military point of view as well as in the scientific, cultural and economic fields. The collection is of a rare diversity and includes more than 500 lots rich in uniforms, old weapons, portraits, phaleristics, numismatics, old books and fine arts from illustrious Swiss families: Affry, Besenval, Burckhardt, Crousaz, Diesbach, Fischer, Gélieu, Gingins, Griset de Forel, Haldimand, La Harpe, Marval, May, Meuron, Necker, Pfyffer, Pictet, Reding, Rigot de Begnins, Salis, Schumacher, ... More | |
Pablo Picasso, Le vieux roi (The Old King) (Bl. 1152, Ba. 1338), 1963. Estimate: £10,000 - 15,000. Image courtesy of Phillips.
LONDON.- Phillips announced highlights from the Evening & Day Editions auctions in London. Comprised of 259 lots, the auctions will present a comprehensive variety of material for collectors of all genres, including leading Pop Art works by Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, and a selection of works by British artists Banksy, Grayson Perry, Julian Opie, Damien Hirst, Anish Kapoor, and Bridget Riley, among others. Further highlights include a group of post-war European works from artists such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Yves Klein. The Evening Sale will be held on 14 September at 6pm with the Day Sale following on 15 September at 12pm. Rebecca Tooby-Desmond, Specialist, Head of Sale and Auctioneer, said, We are delighted to announce highlights ahead of our September Evening & Day Editions auctions in London. From American Pop Art to British Art spanning the last 60 years, and a group of Modern etchings, linocuts and lithographs, ... More | |
Organisers of the Design in Motion Festival (DEMO) - the largest motion design festival in the world - have received 5,300 entries from more than 1,500 designers in 81 countries.
AMSTERDAM.- Organisers of the Design in Motion Festival (DEMO) - the largest motion design festival in the world - have received 5,300 entries from more than 1,500 designers in 81 countries. The second edition of the DEMO will take place on 6 October 2022, and will broadcast the best motion design from around the world on 5,000 digital screens in the Netherlands for 24 hours. The final selection of work that will be displayed by the DEMO Festival curators includes 816 entries grouped into 9 themes. The selection includes new talents, well-known designers and studios like Dirk Koy (Switzerland), ines alpha (France), Sucuk und Bratwurst (Germany), Wang & Söderström (Sweden), Yehwan Song (South Korea), BUCK Design (USA/Netherlands), Melissa SantamarÃa (Mexico), Hey Studio (Spain), Michiel Schuurman (Netherlands), Studio Feixen (Switzerland), PPPanik (Germany), Raman Djafari ... More |
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| Traveling exhibition explores the prolific drawing and writing practice of Louise Bourgeois | | A panorama of design | | While you are sleeping, Rogan Gregory gets his ideas |
Louise Bourgeois photographed by Berenice Abbott in 1949. Photo: Berenice Abbott. © The Easton Foundation/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- USC Fisher Museum of Art announced the presentation of Louise Bourgeois: What is the Shape of This Problem, from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, on view from September 6 through December 3, 2022. Although best known for her profound sculptures of monumental spiders, evocative human figures, and anthropomorphic forms, Louise Bourgeois maintained a prolific drawing and writing practice and an ongoing interest in illustrated books and printmaking throughout the course of her long career. The exhibition presents 145 works with a focus on prints, textiles, and a series of eight holograms, ranging in date from the 1940s to the early 2000s. These works build on the raw emotional terrain of Bourgeois practice and explore feelings of isolation, anger, and fear through the recurring depiction of the body, childhood, family, architecture, and the passage of time. What is the shape of this problem?& ... More | |
A handout photo shows the winter 1974 cover of Southern Exposure magazine, part of the digital collection maintained by the Peoples Graphic Design Archive. Southern Exposure via The New York Times.
NEW YORK, NY.- For the German-born designer Jan Kath, now living in Chiang Mai, Thailand, rugs are not just decorative objects; they also reflect global politics. His Rug Bombs exhibition of 11 handknotted works at the Alte Brüderkirche, a church in Kassel, Germany, follows a modern tradition by artisans in troubled countries of weaving images of violence and warfare into textiles. Theyre very personal, he said. On view through Sept. 25, in conjunction with the art exhibition Documenta, the pieces in Rug Bombs range from throw sizes to 10-by-14-foot opuses that can command an entire room. Their scenes rendered in a Pop Art-inspired style incorporate fighter jets, guns, tanks and refugees. In one, a Syrian family disembarks from a boat on a Greek island, as a military helicopter circles overhead against a starry night sky. In another scene, adapted from the 2006 book Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes, b ... More | |
The artist and designer Rogan Gregory in his studio in Santa Monica, Calif., on July 22, 2022. Alex Welsh/The New York Times.
by Ted Loos
NEW YORK, NY.- Artist and designer Rogan Gregory often has a spasm of creativity after midnight, shaking off slumber at 1 a.m. or 2 a.m. to take notes or sketch ideas for his furniture and objects. The habit is his version of the dorveille, a period of creative wakefulness. It doesnt always make sense, the Los Angeles-based Gregory said of the results of these sessions. Sometimes its completely irrational. Its almost like I was dreaming. He added, Weird things happen in the middle of the night. Traces of those woozy hours balanced with a flair for immaculate finishing that he demonstrated in his former career as a fashion designer can be seen in his show that will take over the ground floor of R & Companys White Street space in Tribeca, from Friday through Oct. 28. With about 25 works, Rogan Gregory: Imperfect Truth is his third exhibition at the gallery. Sensual curves run through Gregorys pieces, ... More |
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Shakespeare or Bieber? This Canadian city draws devotees of both
STRATFORD.- Its a small city that practically shouts Shakespeare! Majestic white swans float in the Avon River, not far from Falstaff Street and Anne Hathaway Park, named for the playwrights wife. Some residents live in Romeo Ward, while young students attend Hamlet elementary. And the schools namesake play is often performed as part of a renowned theater festival that draws legions of Shakespeare fans from around the world, every April to October. Stratford, Ontario, steeped in references to and reverence for the Bard, has counted on its association with Shakespeare for decades to dependably bring in millions of tourist dollars to a city that would otherwise have little appeal to travelers. My dad always said we have a world-class theater stuck in a farm community, said Frank Herr, the second-generation owner of a boat tour and rental ... More
Hand-me-downs and discards from design history's treasure chest
NEW YORK, NY.- The landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, in laying out thousands of 19th-century parkland acres, specified fine points down to the rock textures. The serendipities of age keep improving his designs. Olmsted Trees (Hirmer/University of Chicago Press, $40, 160 pp.), by the photographer Stanley Greenberg, celebrates bark that resembles barnacles, lizard skin or cooled lava. (The book includes essays by Tom Avermaete, an urban design professor; Kevin Baker, a writer; and Mindy Thompson Fullilove, a social psychiatrist.) Torqued trunks have knobs and cavities that evoke human eyes and animal snouts, while roots bulge like giant paws kneading the earth. The trees shrug off signs of human intervention, dwarfing fencing and playground equipment, and appearing unfazed by carvings of lovers ... More
From Ralph Lauren to Louis Vuitton, who dressed your living room?
NEW YORK, NY.- Ralph Lauren Home. Fendi Casa. Louis Vuittons Art of Living. Fashion companies cannot seem to resist the lure of household objects. Why? A single bedsheet can produce more revenue than an entire seasons ready-to-wear collection, said Warren Shoulberg, who edited two of the industrys most influential magazines: Home Furnishings News and Home Textiles Today. Home goods also have a longer shelf life than clothes. Some 30-year-old designs are still selling, Shoulberg said. And there is gold beyond those bed linens. The fashion industrys reach into housewares extends to tableware and furniture, train and plane interiors, and hotels and condominiums. For fashion designers, a love for the home has grown from an occasional flirtation to a full-blown affair. Here are some of the highlights of the movement. ... More
Polish artist Krzysztof Strzelecki opens an exhibition at Taymour Grahne Projects
LONDON.- Taymour Grahne Projects will present Summer Scenes, a solo exhibition by London-based Polish artist Krzysztof Strzelecki, opening on September 10 between 4-7pm at the Artist Room space (52 Lonsdale Road) as part of a joint opening across our 3 spaces. In his first solo show in London, Krzysztof Strzelecki investigates the depiction of homoerotic desire in art and the acceptance of the male figure and its sexuality through a series of glazed ceramic vases decorated with exuberant summer scenes. The viewers are taken on a queer erotic journey where riversides are populated by handsome young men spending their holidays carefree in idyllic locations. Some of the athletic figures are seen getting undressed just before they jump in the warm water for a swim, while others simply recline observing the sculpted bodies around them. ... More
Artangel presents five short films directed by individuals in recovery from psychosis
LONDON.- The Directors comprises five short films by artist Marcus Coates, commissioned and produced by Artangel in collaboration with individuals in recovery from lived experience of psychosis. From 4 September to 30 October 2022, the films will be screened at five separate locations in and around the Churchill Gardens Estate in Pimlico, Westminster. Following extensive one-to-one meetings with Coates, each director chose a location of personal significance in which to film Coates embodying and performing particular aspects of their own experience. During the filming, Coates received instructions from each director leading to a dialogue which remains a key element in each film. Through The Directors, Coates intention is to find ways in which people can relate to the breadth and complexity of psychotic experiences and to help reduce ... More
Jude Broughan's third solo exhibition with Benrubi Gallery opens in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Benrubi Gallery is presenting Soap and Stones, Jude Broughans third solo exhibition with the gallery, at their new space at 529 West 20th Street, floor 8, in Chelsea, NYC. The photographs and photo-based assemblages in this exhibition draw from two series that reflect the pandemic era Pandemic Cemetery Walks and Personal Care referencing solitary activities, repetitive hand washing, and self care rituals. The Pandemic Cemetery Walks series began April 2020 in the early days of the pandemic, when Broughan started walking in a large cemetery near her home in Brooklyn, the closest green space where she could exercise. Shes more philosophical than religious, and these walks became meditations on the rolling seasons, on grief and healing, and some social ideological questions. These photographs could maybe ... More
Lighter Than Air: A photo exhibit by Harald Schrader in collaboration with the dancers of American Repertory Ballet
PRINCETON, NJ.- Join American Repertory Ballet on September 17-18, 2022 in Princeton, New Jersey for Lighter Than Air: a photographic series by renowned photographer Harald Schrader. This exhibit will feature images of American Repertory Ballet company members and artistic leadership, including Artistic Director Ethan Stiefel and Artistic Associate Gillian Murphy. Harald Schrader, a formally trained photographer and long-time Princeton resident, studied in Berlin and Hannover in Germany. He has collaborated with performing and visual artists in Italy, Germany, the U.S.A. and Canada. Schrader honed his craft in portrait photography, acting as first assistant to Mary Ellen Mark in New York City ... More
Javier Zamora carried a heavy load. He laid it to rest on the page.
NEW YORK, NY.- Javier Zamora had a lot going for him in 2019: He had won poetry prizes, an Ivy League fellowship and an extraordinary ability visa that finally gave him certainty about his status as an immigrant in the United States. But 20 years after he had walked across the border as a 9-year-old, without his parents, on his way to a new life, the immigration journey that almost killed him was still taking an emotional toll. On the surface I was fine, Zamora said, but inside he was struggling. He had trouble working, he said, and his closest relationships were suffering: My personal life was falling apart. When, in a chance encounter at a local bar, a couple of therapists asked him why he was drinking alone one weekday afternoon, it was the right question at the right time and a turning point for Zamora. The couple introduced him to a student ... More
At the Telluride Film Festival, 'women talking' and other topics of conversation
TELLURIDE, COLO.- At the Telluride Film Festival, the ringmasters who introduce screenings in venues that include two school auditoriums, a hockey rink, an old opera house and a classic single-screen movie theater like to invoke the pure love of cinema as the sole organizing principle. The conceit of this annual Labor Day weekend event, which lures a few thousand travelers high into the Rockies to sit in dark rooms amid spectacular scenery, is that it rises above the hype and hustle that animate other major festivals. Its a bit of a myth. Really, theres nothing pure about either cinema a hybrid art form stamped from birth with the mark of commerce or cinephilia, which combines lofty aestheticism with more visceral, less respectable forms of delight. Telluride, which in recent years has presented an impressive number of future best ... More
To mask, or not to mask: Theaters and concert halls face a dilemma
NEW YORK, NY.- The new masking policy at The Kite Runner on Broadway was devised at the doctors office. Tracey McFarland, one of the shows producers, was taking her son to his pediatrician, a theater buff. The pediatrician told her that while he would have liked to see the play, he would not attend if masks were optional, as they are at most Broadway shows these days. That got McFarland thinking: Why couldnt they put on some performances at which masks are required, and others where masks are optional? She brought up the idea with colleagues. Everybody on the phone was like, You know, Ive had friends who have been asking for that, McFarland said, recalling one of the conversations that led to the shows decision to start requiring masks on Fridays. We just realized that there really is an audience out there that is not ... More
National Gallery of Art acquires 44 photographs by Wayne Miller and Vik Muniz photographs given by Tony Podesta
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art has been given 44 gelatin silver prints by the esteemed documentary photographer Wayne Miller (19182013). Given on behalf of his family and the artists estate, the group of photographs comprise a rich variety of themes central to his career. These are the first works by the artist to enter the collection and they deepen our holdings of documentary photography from the 1940s with compelling pictures that convey the horrific experience of war as well as the fullness of Black life in post-war Chicago. Born in Chicago, Miller pursued studies in banking and business at the University of Illinois but turned his attention to photography in the early 1940s. He enlisted in the navy after the start of World War II as was assigned to the Naval Aviation Unit led by the famed photographer Edward Steichen (18791973). Miller documented the war mainly in the Pacific and was among the first Americans to take ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Jessie Willcox Smith was born September 06, 1863. Jessie Willcox Smith (September 6, 1863 - May 3, 1935) was an American illustrator during the Golden Age of American illustration. She was considered "one of the greatest pure illustrators". Photograph of Violet Oakley and Jessie Willcox Smith facing the camera and Elizabeth Shippen Green and Henrietta Cozens, who are partially hidden, c.?1901, Violet Oakley papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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