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Flushing Town Hall in Queens, Nov. 9, 2014. Flushing Town Hall is projecting a loss of $250,000 because of the pandemic. Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times.
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Its hard enough to Zoom with your mother. Imagine being one of the more than 200 arts leaders who for the past month have been getting on the same daily Zoom call seeking comfort, counsel and connection as they try to stave off a raft of institutional failures prompted by the coronavirus pandemic. More than just a logistical feat, the phone call has become a singular measurement of how worried, desperate and vulnerable cultural organizations have become since the virus hit. And just as notable, how much they are actually acting these days like the arts community to which they often aspire. More typically, New York Citys cultural institutions compete for audiences, donors and attention. Museums rarely interact with performing arts groups. Manhattan cultural behemoths dont often communicate with their scrappier counterparts in other boroughs. Yet on these calls, cultural organizations that span the city some from Museum Mile on Fifth Avenue, others fr ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Experience works of art across all times and cultures, and across the globe - from the first cities of the ancient world to the works of our time - in Artemis Gallery's Works of Art Through the Ages sale on Thursday, May 14, 2020 11:00 AM CDT In this image: 20th C. PNG Sepik River Painted Wood Shield - Creature. Est: $400 - $600
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| | Transfer of sphinxes to Cairo square stirs controversy | | Christie's announces the launch of VICE and VIRTUE | | France's 'little museums' looking to shine as lockdown eases |
In this file photo taken on March 10, 2020, tourists take the avenue of the ram-headed sphinxes, symbolising the ancient Egyptian god Amun, as they visit the Karnak Temple Complex. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP.
by Bassem Aboualabass
CAIRO (AFP).- In a bustling square of Egypt's capital, four sphinx-like statues stand in wooden crates ahead of a planned unveiling ceremony following their controversial transfer from historical sites. With the bodies of lions and heads of rams, the statues had for millennia graced Karnak temple in the southern city of Luxor representing the ancient Egyptian god "Amun". This month, the restored sandstone statues were moved to Cairo's landmark Tahrir Square, the epicentre of a 2011 popular uprising that toppled longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak. "I am against the moving of Luxor monuments. I was especially saddened by their relocation," legislator Ahmed Idris from the city told AFP. "Luxor has long been like an open museum which should be developed and its monuments' historical value are tied to the city," said Idris. ... More | |
Andy Warhol, Chris Evert [Sixteen Works], acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas, in sixteen parts, 1977. Estimate: $300,000 - 500,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announces the launch of VICE and VIRTUE. This series of thematic Post-War and Contemporary Art Online-Only sales thoughtfully touch upon our collective reality during these disrupted times. VICE, will be open for bidding from May 12-27 and will be followed by its counterpart VIRTUE, which will be open from May 29-June 12. A feel-good sale about the human inclination towards hedonistic escapism, VICE provides much-needed reprieve from our new reality, with offerings by Pictures Generation queen Barbara Kruger, sharp jokester Richard Prince, consumerism commentator KAWS and many more. Working across methods and mediums, these artists capture the essence of the pleasures with which we fill our time and transmute minutes to meaningful, and sometimes salacious, moments. On the other side of the spectrum is VIRTUE. Through the lens of goodness, reverie, color ... More | |
This file photo taken on October 25, 2019 shows a general view of The Ingres-Bourdelle Museum in Montauban, southern France. Eric CABANIS / AFP.
by Jean-Louis De La Vaissiere
PARIS (AFP).- Often overlooked by tourists flocking to the Louvre, the Centre Pompidou and other superstar museums, France's more intimate galleries and cultural sites are preparing to open their doors as the coronavirus lockdown is progressively lifted. Unlike their huge rivals that attract throngs of visitors every day and are expected to remain shuttered for weeks if not months, smaller museums can more easily implement the new normal of virus-curbing social distancing measures. "Little museums," as Culture Minister Franck Riester called them this month, will be allowed to open from this week if directors secure approval from municipal authorities. They will have to prove that visitor flows can be managed, perhaps with staggered entrances or limited ticket sales. A handful have already sought permission to reopen, hoping to attract locals starving for a culture fix after ... More |
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| | Minister of Education, Culture and Science pays working visit to Van Gogh Museum | | Nailya Alexander Gallery opens its first solo exhibition with Ingar Krauss | | Curtains for Broadway: No shows until Labor Day, at least |
Vincent van Gogh, Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear, 1889, The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, Londen. On view in the exhibition In the Picture in at the Van Gogh Museum.
AMSTERDAM.- Ingrid van Engelshoven, the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science, visited the Van Gogh Museum yesterday. The working visit focused on how the coronavirus crisis is affecting museums and the measures that are being taken to ensure that museum collections can be safely exhibited to the public. Van Engelshoven: The coronavirus crisis also significantly impacts the Van Gogh Museum. Closing their doors to the public has resulted in a range of concerns, including those of a financial nature, which we discussed. It is heartening to see and hear that the Van Gogh Museum is working hard on feasible plans for the future and is making every effort to ensure that they will soon be able to safely welcome visitors to the museum. The Van Gogh Museum reopens to the public on 1 June, so long as the situation ... More | |
Liliac, Zechin, 2014. Gelatin silver print with applied oil paint, 20 ½ x 17 3/8 in. (52 x 44 cm). Edition 2/8.
NEW YORK, NY.- Nailya Alexander Gallery is presenting Ingar Krauss: Fragile, the gallerys first solo exhibition for the artist, on view online from Tuesday 12 May through Saturday 30 May. Born in East Berlin in 1965, Ingar Krauss worked as a psychiatric caregiver before turning to photography in the mid-1990s. From the start, Krauss was drawn to portraiture. His subjects have included his daughter and her friends in the Oderbruch countryside in eastern Germany; children living in state-run orphanages and juvenile prisons in the former Soviet Union; and the Eastern European migrant workers who travel hundreds of miles to Germany every year for seasonal fruit and vegetable harvests. In the introduction to Krausss first book, Portraits (Hatje Cantz, 2006), Vince Aletti writes that Krauss has produced a remarkable group of images that balance historical resonance with contemporary relevance The ... More | |
Duffy Square, usually filled with Broadway ticketbuyers, in New York, April 26, 2020. The Broadway League, a trade organization representing producers and theater owners, said Tuesday, May 12, that Broadways 41 theaters would remain shuttered at least through Labor Day. Juan Arredondo/The New York Times.
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Its official: There will be no Broadway shows in New York this summer. The Broadway League, a trade organization representing producers and theater owners, said Tuesday that Broadways 41 theaters would remain shuttered at least through Labor Day. The announcement is not a surprise; the coronavirus pandemic is continuing to kill more than 150 people a day in New York state (down from the peak of 800), and Gov. Andrew Cuomo has put arts and entertainment in the last phase of his reopening plan. It remains unclear when Broadway might reopen. Many industry officials believe it will be considerably later than Labor Day. The practical effect of Tuesdays announcement is that box offices ... More |
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| | Rijksmuseum unveils 44.8 gigapixel photograph of Rembrandt's The Night Watch | | Baltimore Museum of Art receives $3.5M gift and names new Director of Matisse Center | | Freeman's announces highlights included in its 'American Art & Pennsylvania Impressionists Sale' |
Operation Night Watch.
AMSTERDAM.- The Rijksmuseum today makes available on its website the largest and most detailed ever photograph of Rembrandts The Night Watch. The 44.8-gigapixel image will allow visitors to zoom in on individual brushstrokes and even particles of pigment in the painting. The image will play a key role in Operation Night Watch, the largest restoration project ever taken on Rembrandts masterpiece. Operation Night Watch resumes tomorrow inside a glass chamber in the museums Gallery of Honour. Taco Dibbits, Director of the Rijksmuseum, The Operation Night Watch research team use the very latest technologies and continually push the boundaries of what was thought possible. The photograph is a crucial source of information for the researchers, and online visitors can use it to admire Rembrandts masterpiece in minute detail. The Rijksmuseums imaging team created this photograph of The ... More | |
Katy Rothkopf, in her position as The Anne and Ben Cone Memorial Director, Rothkopf will be responsible for the development of the centers exhibitions and public programs and will work with scholars, both at and outside of the BMA. Photo: Maximilian Franz.
BALTIMORE, MD.- The Baltimore Museum of Art announced that it has received a gift of $3.5 million from a longtime museum advocate to endow the directorship for The Ruth R. Marder Center for Matisse Studies, which is currently slated to open in fall 2021. In recognition of this generous gift, the position has been titled The Anne and Ben Cone Memorial Director. The Matisse collection at the BMA was first established through the vision and philanthropy of sisters Claribel and Etta Cone, and the named directorship acknowledges their nephew and his wife, who have continued the familys legacy of support for the BMA. As part of todays news, the BMA has also announced that it has appointed Senior Curator and Department ... More | |
Daniel Garber (American, 18801958), Rodgers Meadow (detail). Estimate: $200,000-300,000.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- On Sunday, June 7, Freemans will hold its much anticipated, bi-annual auction of American Art & Pennsylvania Impressionists. The sale will include a number of works by marquee names in the field, such as Robert Henri (1865-1929), William Macgregor Paxton (1869-1941), Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) and Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935). This season, a particularly heavy focus will be made on the New Hope School through high-level pieces coming from the private Collection of Heidi Bingham Stott, granddaughter of the illustrious Hiram Bingham who notably rediscovered the archeological site of Machu Pichu in 1911. Spring at Point Pleasant on the Delaware River by Edward Redfield (1869-1965) is one of the anticipated highlights of the Stott Collection (Lot 40, estimate: $300,000-500,000). Executed en plein-air on May Day of 1926, ... More |
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| | Ketterer Kunst announces Covid-19 aid online only charity auction for Ethiopia | | For the Public Library, Martha Graham is the missing link | | It's a dog's life at Bonhams 19th Century Art sale |
Joint work by Airbus trainees, Gastropoda (detail). Acrylic on canvas, 2020. 170 x 199 cm / 66.9 x 78.3 inches. Starting price: 100.
MUNICH.- Marc Chagall, Damien Hirst, Paul Klee, Daniel Richter and Oskar Schlemmer the joint work of 12 Airbus trainees that will be auctioned for the benefit of humedica e.V. is in good company. Proceeds of Gastropoda will be used to support medical staff fighting Covid-19 in Ethiopia. The acrylic work will be called up with a starting price of 100 in the Online Only Auction on www.ketterer-internet-auctions.com from June 1 to June 15. The complete range comprises around 100 works of art from the 20th and 21st century. I am very happy that we together with the Airbus Foundation which supported the trainees on this project are able to make a contribution to help those in urgent need of relief in these days, says Robert Ketterer, auctioneer and owner of Ketterer Kunst. Art has set free tremendous creativity. It does not only provide food for thought but also s ... More | |
Bertram Ross, Gene McDonald, Helen McGehee, and Martha Graham in Clytemnestra. Photograph by Martha Swope.
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Why dont we have Martha? When Linda Murray became the curator of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library of the Performing Arts in 2015, that was her No. 1 question. She meant Martha Graham, though in dance circles and even beyond this choreographer, who transformed modern American art, requires no last name. Last month, her company, the oldest in the country, celebrated its 94th anniversary. On Monday, her birthday, the library announced that it had acquired her archive. For the dance division, it really was the only significant gap left that we had in telling the story of early American modern dance, Murray said. Weve had material belonging to Martha Graham in the archive for a very long time, but Martha herself, throughout her lifetime, had always said that she didnt want there to be an ... More | |
Detail of The Bitch Pack of the Meath Foxhounds by John Emms. Estimate: £180,000-250,000. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- The Victorian animal painter John Emms (1843-1912) was never happier than when surrounded by dogs, preferably on the sporting field. So, it is no surprise that his very finest work features hunting dogs as in The Bitch Pack of the Meath Foxhounds, one of the leading paintings in Bonhams 19th Century and British Impressionist Art 'behind-closed-doors' sale at 2pm on 3 June in London. It is estimated at £180,000-250,000. Bonhams Head of Victorian Paintings, Charles OBrien explains: Emms had the rare ability to give real life to his subject and was at his very best when painting dogs. In this unusually large work its 40 x 60 inches his confident use of fluid brush strokes gives weight and solidity to the different physical characteristics of the dogs as well as their individual temperaments. We know that Emms used to walk to the kennels every day and return to his studio ... More |
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V&A launch open-call for homemade signs and rainbow drawings created during lockdown
LONDON.- The V&A has today announced an open-call for homemade signs created during lockdown to enter its permanent collection. From rainbow signs created by children to shop signs and hand-written notes posted in public spaces, the V&A is seeking signs that have been created by individuals and communities in response to the current isolation measures. During social distancing, homemade signs have become commonplace on our streets. Whether they state temporary closure of a business, express messages of hope or critique, or raise awareness for a good cause, these signs have become a prominent way for us to communicate with the outside world during lockdown. By collecting such artefacts, the V&A aims to create and preserve a rich portrait of life under lockdown expressed through visual imagery. Joining UK road signs, ... More
Eskenazi Museum of Art hires Lauren Richman as Assistant Curator of Photography
BLOOMINGTON, IND.- The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University has hired Lauren Richman as its Assistant Curator of Photography thanks to a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation. Richmans three-year term position will focus on researching the archive of Henry Holmes Smith. Lauren Richman is an art historian and curator specializing in the history of photography and twentieth-century art. She received her PhD and MA in art history from Southern Methodist University and holds a BA in the same subject from Vanderbilt University. Her research centers on the relations between art and politics, images of conflict and documentary practice, and the intersections between art and visual mass culture. Richmans dissertation analyzes how lens-based mediathrough U.S. government-sponsored photography ... More
Icelandic designer makes 'scary' masks to encourage distancing
REYKJAVIK (AFP).- Throughout the coronavirus pandemic the effectiveness of masks has been under debate, but Icelandic designer Yrurari's knitted face coverings aren't so much to stop airborne droplets as to keep people at a distance by displaying scary tongues or fangs. The sometimes bizarre creations were inspired by the films and TV shows Yr Johannsdottir, the designer's real name, watched during a self-imposed confinement in March and April. "The idea is that the masks would be 'scary' because of the rule of keeping the distance," Johannsdottir told AFP. "It was a kind of joke approach... the fabric is not safe or anything, but it would keep people away," the 27-year-old designer added. In the small studio she rents in an industrial area of Reykjavik, balls of yarn are piled up on a shelf next to a desk where a dozen of creations, which are knitted ... More
Macau bans Tiananmen exhibition for first time in 30 years: activists
HONG KONG (AFP).- Macau has refused permission for an annual photo exhibition of the Tiananmen crackdown for the first time in three decades, activists said Tuesday, accusing the government of stifling free speech. The semi-autonomous city's dwindling community of democracy supporters have marked the June 4 anniversary of Beijing's bloody crackdown against protesting students since 1989 with a small vigil and an outdoor photo exhibition. Organisers said permission was initially granted for the exhibition this year by the city's Municipal Affairs Bureau but was later rescinded. The Democratic Development Union described the decision as a "sudden U-turn" with authorities citing new administrative rules governing how public spaces can be used. "For 30 years, we've been the organiser of the exhibition and we have always ... More
Home anime: Ghibli producer offers Totoro lesson online
TOKYO (AFP).- Time on your hands and a love of anime? A producer from Japan's Studio Ghibli is offering an online tutorial for drawing one of its most beloved characters: Totoro. Toshio Suzuki, former president of the Tokyo-based studio, contributed the video to a website intended to support children stuck at home during the coronavirus outbreak. "Hi everyone. I will teach you how to draw Totoro," a grinning Suzuki says in the brief lesson, first painting the outline of the rotund character, which resembles something between a cat, an owl and a raccoon. Using a ink brush, he advises that "the most important" element of illustrating the creature is to draw its rounded eyes set far apart. "This is something you can do at home. Everyone, please draw pictures," Suzuki says. The lovable Totoro is the star of Studio Ghibli's popular film "My Neighbour Totoro", which ... More
Live classical music to return in London... at a distance
LONDON (AFP).- One of Britain's leading classical music venues on Tuesday announced a programme of live concerts as the country eases out of lockdown measures, featuring virtuosos such as pianist Mitsuko Uchida. A total of 20 concerts lasting up to an hour each will be broadcast live on BBC radio and on livestream around the world from June 1 from the Wigmore Hall in central London. But the venue stressed that strict social distancing measures would remain in place, as it partially re-opens for the first time since the lockdown began in late March. Some of the world's leading musicians will perform solo recitals or as a duo without an audience, and with only a maximum of four staff, including a sound engineer, present. New government guidelines published on Monday envisage "cultural and sporting events to take place behind closed-doors ... More
Victim or executioner? Let the computer decide
MOSCOW (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- It probably seemed like a good idea at the time. After you arrived and bought tickets at the newly renovated Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center in Kyiv, Ukraine, you would fill out a questionnaire and take a psychological test while a computer harvested social media data. A computer algorithm would then digest the information and assign you to one of multiple categories, including executioners, collaborators or victims, and tailor your experience accordingly, a presentation on the proposed museum said. The brainchild of a Moscow filmmaker known for his embrace of immersive theater and role-playing, Ilya A. Khrzhanovsky, the plan was designed to avoid a one size fits all museum visit, as the presentation suggested brightly. Whether or not it would accomplish that, it has already ignited a firestorm of criticism over the planned ... More
Art glass, Art Nouveau and Art Deco market buoyant at Heritage Auctions
DALLAS, TX.- Each Spring for the last five years, Heritage has compiled an auction devoted to Art Glass and related decorative arts with the objective of meeting every taste and budget. The market has shown considerable buoyancy over the last few years, with some record prices achieved. We attribute this to sourcing everything from private collections, estates and museums according to Heritage Auctions Senior Vice President of Special Collections Nick Dawes, who directs the sale from New York together with Samantha Robinson in Dallas. The selection this springs Tiffany, Lalique & Art Glass Including Art Deco & Art Nouveau, which will be held June 4 in Dallas, Texas, is more varied than ever before. The sale opens with a strong selection of Tiffany lamps, mostly from one New York estate, led by an especially pretty Dragonfly ... More
Collective: Work made 'before' which speaks to 'now'
EDINBURGH.- Almost two months have now passed since Collective, like other Scottish arts institutions, closed its doors temporarily. In the weeks following lockdown, the team have been looking at Collectives archive, history and site from a fresh perspective and have revisited a range of works which have something to say about the current times: made before but which speak to now. The programme includes newly commissioned projects which seek to address what comes next and how we can reimagine the visual arts world for the future. These include a call out for a radical manifesto of what arts in Scotland should be like for disabled artists, new films, a sound event and postcard edition. Harry Josephine Giles is a writer and performer from Orkney who lives in Leith. Collective is working with Harry Josephine to create a radical new manifesto, ... More
Tony Fitzpatrick announced as inaugural exhibition for official opening of Cleve Carney Museum of Art
GLEN ELLYN, IL.- The Cleve Carney Museum of Art and McAninch Arts Center, located at 425 Fawell Blvd. on the College of DuPage campus, announced that the museums inaugural exhibition, Jesus of Western Avenue, will feature more than 30 recent works by world-renowned multimedia artist and celebrated Chicago resident Tony Fitzpatrick. With work in the permanent collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Miami, Fitzpatrick has also created album art for music icons including Lou Reed, Steve Earle and The Neville Brothers. Fitzpatrick is best known for his multimedia collages, printmaking, paintings and drawings. The exhibition will run from Saturday, Oct. 3 to Sunday, Dec. 6 and will be free and open to the public. Coinciding with the release ... More
Ira Wagner named Interim Director of Montclair Art Museum
MONTCLAIR, NJ.- The Montclair Art Museum announced today that Ira Wagner has been appointed Interim Director beginning May 18, 2020. Current Director, Lora Urbanelli, will stay on as an advisor through June, when she will begin her planned retirement. The Board had been in the search process for a new Director when the Covid-19 crisis struck and forced the Museum to operate on a virtual basis for its exhibits and educational programs. During this time of uncertainty, the Board felt it best to put that process on temporary hold and name an Interim Director who has a deep understanding of the institution and strong relationships with both its staff and board. A Montclair resident for over 30 years, Ira Wagner earned an MBA from The Wharton School in 1981 and worked in finance for 25 years. He became involved with the Museum in 2002 when he joined ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter and sculptor Georges Braque was born May 13, 1882. Georges Braque (13 May 1882 - 31 August 1963) was a major 20th-century French painter, collagist, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. His most important contributions to the history of art were in his alliance with Fauvism from 1906, and the role he played in the development of Cubism. In this image: The Port (Le Port), winter-spring 1909. Oil on canvas, 40.6 x 48.2 cm. Washington, National Gallery of Art,Gift of Victoria Nebecker Coberly in memory of her son, John W. Mudd © Georges Braque, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2014. Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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