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Lucas or Jan van Doetechum after Pieter Bruegel I, Soldiers at Rest (Milites Requiescentes), c. 155557, from the set of 12 Large Landscapes, etching and engraving, 32 Ã 42.5 cm. Collection of Dr. Jonathan Meakins and Dr. Jacqueline McClaran. Photo: Denis Farley.
OTTAWA.- More than half of the remarkable print collection belonging to Dr. Jonathan Meakins and Dr. Jacqueline McClaran is entering the National Gallery of Canada national collection. The two Montreal-based doctors are donating 258 Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts from the 16th and 17th centuries for the benefit of all Canadians. The Meakins-McClaran print collection of more than 450 works spans more than 500 years, from the 15th to the 20th century, and was patiently built up over four decades following an afternoon spent in a gallery full of Camille Pissarro prints at the Grand Palais in Paris. At present, it is the largest private collection of Northern European prints in Canada. A large selection of the prints is currently on display in the exhibition The Collectors Cosmos. The Meakins-McClaran Print Collection, organized by the National Gallery of Canada and on view at the Gallery until November 14, 2021. The ex ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day This long-exposure picture taken early on June 9, 2021, shows a view of the Milky Way galaxy rising in the sky above the archeological site of Al-Bara by the eponymous northwestern Syrian town, in the rebel-held Idlib province. OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP.
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| Flying Horse Editions selects Mira Lehr for 2021 Visiting Artist Residency Program | | Exhibition at Pace Gallery features new works by Sam Gilliam | | Typhoon damages pumpkin sculpture in Japan |
Mira Lehr at Flying horse Editions. Photo by Alison Lehr Fryd.
MIAMI, FLA.- Flying Horse Editions, the nationally acclaimed printmaking studio that invites some of the worlds leading artists for its Visiting Artist Residency Program, has chosen Mira Lehr for their select roster of artists for 2021. The studio is celebrated for cutting-edge technology and inspiring artists to push the boundaries of printmaking, in a kinetic setting among its team of master printmakers. In her new series, Lehr, now at the bold age of 86, is experimenting with explosives, fuses, plexiglass, watercolor, and inks ‒ exploring new ways to use nontraditional materials in the art of printmaking. Mira Lehr is a force of nature to be reckoned with, said Theo Lotz, the Director of Flying Horse Editions. She is a fearless explorer. Lehrs body of work spans all media, not bound by one process. Her artistic energy and spirit are boundless. We knew that her bold approach to artmaking would lead to a great collaboration. Lehr thrives in our studio, which rel ... More | |
Sam Gilliam, Moon Tide, 2021. Acrylic, sawdust, encaustic, on wood panel, mounted in wood frame, 60" à 60" à 4". © Sam Gilliam / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
HONG KONG.- Pace is presenting an exhibition of Sam Gilliams paintings in Hong Kong. Following its launch at Paces newly expanded space in Seoul, this presentation continues to mark the artists debut in Asia. The Hong Kong exhibition, which opened at Paces space in the H Queens building on July 22, features new works by Gilliam. Gilliam, who is now in his eighties, is widely considered one of the great innovators in postwar American painting. He emerged from the Washington, D.C. scene in the mid-1960s with works that elaborated upon and disrupted the ethos of Color Field painting and expanded the frontiers of Abstract Expressionism. A noted activist and aficionado of American jazz music, Gilliam extended the possibilities of picture making in a society undergoing dramatic change. All of the paintings in the exhibition were created by the artist ... More | |
A video circulating on social media showed violent waves thrashing the pumpkin about like an enormous and beautiful seashell, revealing its hollow innards.
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- A typhoon packing winds as high as 78 mph swept away a yellow, polka-dot pumpkin sculpture by artist Yayoi Kusama from its perch on the tip of the Japanese island of Naoshima on Monday. The highly recognizable artwork and tourist attraction suffered unspecified damage from the storm and was recovered, the Benesse Art Site, where the pumpkin was exhibited, said on Twitter. It was not immediately known when the artwork would be displayed again. A video circulating on social media showed violent waves thrashing the pumpkin about like an enormous and beautiful seashell, revealing its hollow innards. Staff members at Benesse Art Site usually haul away the artwork before typhoons, but they did not reach it in time. One man was missing after the storm made landfall, according to local reports. The pumpkin, which is about 6 feet 7 inches tall and 8 feet 4 inches wide ... More |
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| Instagram removes poster for new Almodovar film | | Piecing together the history of Stasi spying | | The National Gallery opens pop up exhibition of over 20 full-sized replicas of famous masterpieces |
The poster for "Parallel Mothers" shows a black and white close-up image of a nipple with a drop of milk that simulates a crying eye and is set against a red backdrop.
MADRID (AFP).- An image of a poster for Oscar-winning Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar's new film, which shows a nipple with a drop of milk, was briefly removed from Instagram, sparking controversy. "You should be ashamed of yourselves, Instagram," Spanish designer Javier Jaen who created the poster wrote in a post on the image-centric social network. He accompanied the text with a screen grab of a message he received from Instagram on Monday stating that the image had been taken down because it violated the network's rules. The poster for "Parallel Mothers" shows a black and white close-up image of a nipple with a drop of milk that simulates a crying eye and is set against a red backdrop. "As expected @Instagram has removed the poster which we made for the latest Almodovar film. I have posted it again. Thanks for sharing it," added Jaen, ... More | |
Torn-up records that the East German secret police hoped to destroy in the final days of the German Democratic Republic, are reconstructed in Berlin, July 16, 2021. Mustafah Abdulaziz/The New York Times.
by Annalisa Quinn
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- First the researchers cut the sacks lengthwise, careful not to disturb the jumble of torn paper inside. Then they go through the bags loosely, pulling out food scraps, trash or anything else mixed in during the chaotic rush to destroy evidence. They are working to reassemble, scrap by scrap, some 40 million to 55 million pieces of paper that were torn up and stuffed into sacks by the East German secret police in the final days of the German Democratic Republic. When pro-democracy protesters stormed the secret police precincts in 1989 and 1990, they found officers at work inside, shredding, pulping and tearing documents by hand. The Ministry for State Security, known as the Stasi, was trying desperately to destroy the surveillance ... More | |
Installation view: National Gallery pop up exhibition in Trafalgar Square, Inside Out Festival. © The National Gallery, London.
LONDON.- The National Gallerys outdoor exhibition in Trafalgar Square, showcasing over 20 full-sized replicas of some of the most famous and treasured paintings in the collection, opened today (10 August). The pop-up gallery selection features masterpieces including Van Goghs Sunflowers (1888), Turners The Fighting Temeraire (1839) Botticellis Venus and Mars (1485), and John Constables The Hay Wain (1821). This large scale installation in Trafalgar Square in the heart of London is being delivered in partnership with Westminster City Council and is the first activity to be announced as part of the Councils Inside Out Festival a celebration of art and culture produced to encourage visitors back into Londons West End. Further activities will be launched as part of Cllr Rachael Robathan, Leader of Westminster City Councils new borough wide initiative for Westminster. ... More |
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| Upper Belvedere opens a comprehensive exhibition of works by Lovis Corinth | | A pioneer of the Dürer revival or who was FH? | | New David Zwirner gallery at 52 Walker to open with exhibition by Kandis Williams |
Lovis Corinth, Herbert Eulenberg, 1924. Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna.
VIENNA.- Life as an excess of color: Lovis Corinth's universe was one of blazing joie de vivre and intoxicating sensuality. The artist left behind a body of work that defies any classification in terms of art-historical epochs or categories; yet in his paintings, he managed more than most to portray life in all its facets. The Belvedere now pays tribute to Lovis Corinth in a comprehensive exhibition. Stella Rollig, CEO of the Belvedere says: Even at the time, the art of Lovis Corinth represented a kind of antithesis to that of Gustav Klimts and it is precisely for this reason that it must be shown at the Belvedere. With his expressive, impulsive painting style, Corinth was for decades a gentle beast standing apart from mainstream art historical trends.. German artist Lovis Corinth was a founding member of the Munich Secession. Together with Walter Leistikow and Max Liebermann he was one of the leading figures and Fir ... More | |
Monogrammist FH (so-called Kress Monogammist), Two wings with motifs from the Adoration of the Holy Trinity and other works by Dürer, c. 1540/50, inv. GG 930 © KHM-Museumsverband.
VIENNA.- These two wings of a triptych were long regarded as examples of the Dürer Renaissance at the turn of the seventeenth century, a high water mark of interest in the work of the master from Nuremberg who had died in 1528. It was assumed that the anonymous painter belonged to the group of artists employed at the court of Emperor Rudolf II to copy and compile Dürers works in the imperial collection: the main inspiration for the panels is Dürers Adoration of the Holy Trinity (1511), acquired by the Emperor from Nuremberg in 1585 and today also in the Kunsthistorisches Museum. However, a recent examination of the oak panels comprising the support suggests the wings were produced around 1540/50. We can also identify the artists idiom in an Adoration of the Magi from Allentown ... More | |
Exterior of 52 Walker. Photo by Jason Schmidt.
NEW YORK, NY.- David Zwirner will open 52 Walker, a new David Zwirner gallery programmed by Ebony L. Haynes, on October 28. The inaugural exhibition, A Line, will feature works by Kandis Williams, whose versatile practice spans collage, performance, video, assemblage, and installation. Her work interrogates issues of race, nationalism, authority, and eroticism. This will be Williamss first solo presentation in New York. Based primarily in Los Angeles, Williams will debut new works that were created in New York for A Line. The exhibition will feature a video, collages, and sculptures that move toward a formal dance notation. Notation has been used in different modes throughout history to capture and inscribe the qualities of movement in two dimensions. Williams draws upon her background in dramaturgy to envision a space that accommodates the varied biopolitical economies that inform how movement might be read. ... More |
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| V&A announces London Design Festival programme | | Turner Auctions + Appraisals will present a Summer Sale on August 28 | | The International Center of Photography announces appointment of David E. Little as new executive director |
'Digital Atmosphere' © Studio Above&Below.
LONDON.- A pavilion constructed from the world's lowest carbon footprint aluminium, a real-time growing couture gown worn by an artist robot, and the museums first in-person Friday Late for over a year have been announced as part of the V&As programming for London Design Festival 2021, running from 18-26 September. This year in the lead up to the UK hosting the most important international climate summit, COP26, in November installations, projects, performances and events will explore design thinking in the challenge of climate change with projects focusing on a low-carbon future, the circular economy and climate justice. Projects curated by the V&A include Between Forests and Skies by Nebbia Works an immersive, low-carbon aluminium pavilion that will appear to float in the pond of The John Madejski Garden at the V&A and allow visitors to enter and interact. ... More | |
Pair Chinese Cloisonné Vases. Decorated with fruited and floral vines on yellow ground. 10 1/2in. H. Three character mark on base. Condition: One with ding to lower side. Estimate $600 - $800.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Turner Auctions + Appraisals will present a Summer Sale on August 28, 2021, featuring Russian porcelain, Nailsea glass, jewelry, decorative arts, fine art, books, and much more. Besides numerous items from estates and consignors, the auction offers 360+ lots, including collections of Russian Lomonosov porcelain figures; Victorian Nailsea bells, 19th-century blown glass canes and other whimseys; German ceramic and pewter beer steins; and fine jewelry. Among the artworks are paintings by Jean Venitien, Friedrich Hosch, Larry Horowitz, and David Halbach, and several sculptures. Works on paper lithographs, engravings, and woodcuts feature Pablo Picasso, Hoi Lebadang, LeRoy Neiman, Kathe ... More | |
Little will join ICP after six years as director and chief curator of the Mead Art Museum. Image: © Verbsite, 2021.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Board of Trustees of the International Center of Photography announced today the selection of David E. Little as its new executive director, following an international search. Little will join ICP in mid-September 2021, after six years as director and chief curator of the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College, and will succeed Mark Lubell, who announced his decision to depart ICP in March 2021. David brings to ICP an outstanding mix of skills and experiences, between his work as an educator, curator, fundraiser, and manager, and we are thrilled that he will be joining us, said Jeffrey Rosen, ICPs Board President. His wide-ranging roles at leading institutions both within and outside of New York City make clear that he understands the different but interrelated elements ... More |
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The Collectors' Cosmos: In Conversation with Dr. Meakins and Dr. McClaran
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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts recipient of major American arts endowment
RICHMOND, VA.- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts announced today the establishment of an endowment that will provide significant ongoing funding for an important new position at the museum the Bev Perdue Jennings Assistant Curator of American Art. Bev and her husband, Ed Jennings, are longtime members of the museum and previously contributed to the 2018 exhibition Congo Masks: Masterpieces from Central Africa, said Alex Nyerges, VMFAs Director and CEO. Bevs generous gift is a major investment in the museums curatorial department and will support continued exemplary scholarship in American art. I am delighted to support VMFA by endowing this position, said Perdue Jennings. Creativity is essential to the human condition. Art gives us a window into the past, a way to imagine the future and an opportunity to grow our spirits. We are so fortunate to ... More
The Line unveils 'Living Spring' by the acclaimed Irish sculptor Eva Rothschild
LONDON.- The Line announced the unveiling of Living Spring by the acclaimed Irish sculptor, Eva Rothschild. Standing over four meters tall on the banks of the River Lea at Bow Creek, Living Springs branch-like form presents a striking visual counterpoint to the post-industrial landscape of nearby Bow Locks and the imposing Gasometers at Twelvetrees Crescent. Living Spring comprises slender steel tubes, boldly painted black, red and green in Rothschilds signature dynamic stripes. Deceptively simple, the work irresistibly draws the viewer in and playfully encourages the eye to trace a meandering line up and down the central axis of the work. Rothschild commented: Striping forms are something I have used throughout my practice it segments a continuous form, interrupts how we look at it and keeps us looking a bit longer; an interaction with an object which occurs when we look at art. ... More
A puppet festival returns to New York, all grown up
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- After more than a year of pandemic-related crises, Manuel Antonio Morán wanted to give a gift to New York. He envisioned something lighthearted and uplifting, but also thought-provoking and as varied as the city itself. The answer? Puppets. But theres nothing here to prompt sneers or eye rolling. The International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC, which arrives this week with more than 50 shows and events, more than a dozen short films and five accompanying exhibitions, including Puppets of New York at the Museum of the City of New York, is far from a kiddie celebration. The wrong perception in the United States is that puppetry is just for children or to be used for education, Morán, the festivals artistic director, said in an interview at the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center, the programmings Lower East Side hub. Thats ... More
San Diego gets its answer to the Hollywood Bowl, just in time
SAN DIEGO (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, a billowing white sail of an outdoor concert hall along San Diego Bay, was planned as this citys answer to the Hollywood Bowl: an $85 million summertime stage for the San Diego Symphony, a project of such architectural and acoustical distinction that it would distinguish San Diego on any national cultural map. But now, its arrival it opened with a sold-out gala performance Friday night has turned out to be welcome for an additional reason. With the stop-and-start coursing of the COVID pandemic, the symphony, finally playing before a full audience again, is planning to extend its stay in its new summer home at least through November. It wont be returning to its regular venue, the downtown Copley Symphony Hall, for a while. It was planned before COVID but became prescient with the timing, said ... More
Non-EU visitors to France can get a health pass to enter social venues
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Visitors to France who have been inoculated outside the European Union with approved COVID-19 vaccines may now use a national health pass to enter bars, restaurants, cafes, gyms and other indoor venues, the government said this week. The pass, which went into effect Monday, is also required for large-scale events like sports games and music festivals and for long-distance train rides and flights in the country. There had been growing concern among non-European Union tourists who planned to vacation in France but feared that they would be excluded from most social activities if their vaccination certificates were not recognized. The pass includes a QR code linking to a webpage that shows proof of full vaccination, a recent negative test or recovery from the coronavirus. Similar initiatives have been introduced in countries like Italy and ... More
Walter Yetnikoff, powerful but abrasive record executive, dies at 87
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Walter Yetnikoff, who led CBS Records during the boom years of Michael Jacksons Thriller album and lived the sex, drugs and rock n roll life more indulgently than many of his stars did, died Monday at a hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was 87. His wife, Lynda Yetnikoff, said the cause was cancer. Yetnikoff was one of the most powerful, insatiable and abrasive figures in music in the years just before the digital revolution upended the business. He was among a small group of powerful executives who shaped the record business in the rock era, including Clive Davis (who led Columbia Records and founded Arista Records), David Geffen of Asylum and Ahmet Ertegun of Atlantic. He strode through those heady days of hit records brashly, licentiously and, by his own admission, often drunk or drug-addled. Though he never claimed to have much of an ... More
Hungarian Cultural Institute London opens 'Disciples of Dóra Mauer' exhibition
LONDON.- The Hungarian Cultural Centre London presents the first group exhibition dedicated to the work of eight emerging Hungarian artists taught by the iconic Hungarian artist, Dóra Maurer. The participating artists include Mária Chilf, Márton Cserny, Attila Csörgő, Tamás Jovánovics, Barbara Nagy, Zoltán Szegedy-Maszák, András Wolsky and András Zalavári. The exhibition was firstly presented at the Hungarian Embassy in London on the 29th and was open by appointment. This week, the exhibition will officially open to the public at David Kovats Gallerys pop-up space from 12 August and on view until 19 September 2021 at 28-32 Shelton St, London WC2H 9JE. Dóra Maurer (born in 1937, in Budapest) is an iconic Hungarian artist whose work has spanned over the past 50 years. As an artist, Dóra has worked with almost every medium, such as film, sculpture, photography, ... More
Rare Chinese Hardwood Altar Table sold for almost £280,000 at Bellmans
WISBOROUGH GREEN.- Bellmans reports great results from this week's Asian Art auction. A Chinese Hardwood Altar Table sold to the successful bidder on the phone for £278,080 including buyer's premium (estimate £1,000 - £1,500). The saleroom saw a real bidding frenzy with ten bidders in the room and another six on the phone. Bidders from Hong Kong and China who were on the phone, battled it out with the eventual successful bid from the mainland. The table had been part of the local vendor's family collection for many years. Philip Belcher, managing director of Bellmans says: "The vendor is absolutely thrilled by the rather unexpected result. The table had been an heirloom, but it had never been pointed out to him that it may be of particular importance. The ever-growing market in Chinese Antiques means that regional auction houses are still in the position to bring ... More
Review: Shakespeare's 'Merry Wives,' now in South Harlem
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Who couldnt use a warm welcome back to live theater like the one being offered these late-summer evenings in Central Park? There, Jocelyn Biohs Merry Wives, a joyful adaptation of Shakespeares The Merry Wives of Windsor set in an African diasporic community in Harlem, is doing everything a comedy can do to embrace all comers. First, director Saheem Ali, who was born in Kenya, delivers enthusiastic greetings over the Delacorte Theaters loudspeakers. Next, Farai Malianga, a drummer from Zimbabwe, leads the audience in a call and response chorus of vernacular African salutations: Asé (Nigeria), Yebo (South Africa) and Wau-Wau (Senegal) among them. By the time the play proper starts, we are all guiltless cultural appropriators. Or should I say the play improper? Purists who pine for the original (circa 1597) text and possibly ... More
Kelli Hand, Detroit DJ and music industry trailblazer, dies at 56
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Kelli Hand, a longtime DJ known as K-Hand who was named the first lady of Detroit for her musical accomplishments, was found dead Aug. 3 at her home in Detroit. She was 56. Her death was confirmed by a spokesperson for the Wayne County medical examiner, who said the cause was related to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Paramount Artists, which represented Hand, paid tribute to her on social media. Kelli was undoubtedly the first lady of Detroit, and a trailblazer for women in the music industry, the company said on Instagram. Hand was one of the first female DJs in Detroits music scene and became known for her catalog of albums and extended plays of house and techno with the start of her own label, Acacia Records, in 1990. In 2017, the Detroit City Council honored Hand with a resolution that called her the first lady of ... More
Robert Carsen is opera's most reliably excellent director
SALZBURG (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- I personally dont like the word reliable, Robert Carsen said in an interview here recently. It sounds so boring. I had approached Carsen with a theory: that he might be the most, well, reliable director in opera. I meant it as high praise: His work is by no means repetitive, cautious or dull. But in more than 125 productions over three decades in the field, he has been peerlessly dependable. You can expect Carsen productions to be sophisticated, intelligently conceived and conceptually airtight. They connect with newcomers, while also leaving room for mystery and provocation. They are elegantly designed, even strikingly beautiful, yet not superficial. And always reliably, you could say their confidence reflects Carsens mastery of the material at hand. All this is evident in his staging of Handels oratorio Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter Paul Jackson Pollock died. August 11, 1956. Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 - August 11, 1956), known as Jackson Pollock, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was well known for his uniquely defined style of drip painting. In this image: Former Museum of Fine Arts, Houston director Peter Marzio poses near works by Jackson Pollock on display Friday, Oct. 17, 2003, in Houston. The works are titled, from left to right, "Echo (Number 25, 1951)," "Number I, 1948" and "Gothic".
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