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Adriano Pedrosa, curator of the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale, Foreigners Everywhere, near the entrance to the Giardini in Venice, Italy, April 7, 2024. Balancing diplomacy and geopolitics is hardly new for the first Biennale curator from Latin America. (Matteo de Mayda/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- Only workaholics and delusional optimists should organize a Venice Biennale, as Brazilian curator Adriano Pedrosa discovered during the countless flights and midnight meetings that have crammed his calendar for the past two years. This would probably have taken five years and a team of intense researchers, Pedrosa said in a video interview, if he hadnt spent more than a decade ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day ARC Select, an exciting special exhibition, opened, April 4th, at New Yorkâs Rehs Contemporary. In partnership with the non-profit Art Renewal Center, ARC Select features eight of todayâs finest contemporary artists. Located in the heart of midtown, just off Fifth Avenue, the gallery invites art lovers and collectors to join them in celebration of these stellar works and their creators. In this image: Margo Selskiâs Presentation of the White Rabbit, oil on canvas, 48 x 72 inches.
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| Collection of architect/designer Thierry Despont leads the way at Roland NY sale | | Huey Lewis lost his hearing. That didn't stop him from making a musical. | | Lévy Gorvy Dayan opens significant solo exhibition exploring the body of work of Yves Klein |
Modern Bauhaus-style chrome lounge chair, late 20th century, Sold for $5,937.
GLEN COVE, NY.- The personal collection of world-renowned French Architect/Designer Thierry Despont was presented in a rare auction opportunity at Roland Auctions NY on April 6th, 2024. The auction include offered over 200 lots of rare and highly-curated pieces from Desponts own personal collection including artwork, furniture, rare ... More | |
Huey Lewis in New York, March 5, 2024. The Heart of Rock and Roll, a Broadway show built around the songs of Huey Lewis and the News, has given the singer a reason to get out of bed. (Peter Fisher/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- After Huey Lewis learned that a syndrome of the inner ear called Ménières disease had caused him significant hearing loss and left him unable to play or hear music, he faced the difficult task of having to tell his friends and peers. Lewis, ... More | |
Detail of Anthropométrie sans titre (ANT 101), 1960.
NEW YORK, NY.- Lévy Gorvy Dayan opened Yves Klein and the Tangible World, an exhibition devoted to the engagement of the body in the visionary French artists oeuvre. Curated in collaboration with the Yves Klein Foundation, the presentation brings together nearly 30 examples of Yves Kleins Anthropométries (196062) and Peintures de feu (Fire Paintings, 196162), as well as Sculpture tactile (Tactile Sculpture, conceived c. ... More |
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| Ancient foxes lived and died alongside humans | | In ancient Pompeii, dinner surrounded by myth | | Worcester Art Museum announces hiring of Provenance Research Specialist |
In a photo provided by Jorge Blancois shows, an artists concept of Dusicyon avus. Extinct foxes and other animals were an important part of early South American communities, a new study has found. (Jorge Blanco via The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- When roving bands of hunter-gatherers domesticated the wolves scavenging their scraps at the end of the Pleistocene era, they set the stage for the tail-wagging, puppy-eyed canines we know and love today. But dogs were not the only ancient canines to become companions. Archaeologists have found traces of foxes ... More | |
Parco Archeologico di Pompei, Leda and Zeus, depicted as a swan, discovered by archaeologists excavating Pompeii who uncovered a dining room with its walls painted black and decorated with people associated with the Trojan War. (Parco Archeologico di Pompei via The New York Times)
ROME.- Archaeologists working at the ancient site of Pompeii unveiled their latest find Thursday: a formal dining room that offers a glimpse of how some of the wealthier denizens lived, or at least the art they could meditate on as they munched. Painted dark black so that soot from candle smoke ... More | |
The Worcester Art Museum creates transformative programs and exhibitions, drawing on its exceptional collection of art.
WORCESTER, MASS.- The Worcester Art Museum has recently hired Daniel W. Healey as Provenance Research Specialist, a newly created position. Healey joins WAM from the New York County District Attorneys Office, where he served as an Antiquities Trafficking Analyst from 2021-2023. In his new role at WAM, which began earlier this year, Healey will research the provenance ... More |
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| Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro opens solo a exhibition by the Dutch artist Magali Reus | | Hermès Metallic Kelly glitters in Heritage's Spring Luxury Accessories Auction | | Nigerian fashion moves beyond the catwalk |
This exhibition, in collaboration with the Museo del Novecento and curated by Federico Giani, includes a selection of the artist's most recent sculptures, the Clementine series which take their visual cue from familiar jam and preserves jars.
MILAN.- The Museo del Novecento in Milan, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro presents Off Script, a solo exhibition by the Dutch artist Magali Reus (The Hague, 1981), winner of the 7th edition of the Arnaldo ... More | |
Hermès Limited Edition 25cm Metallic Gold Chevre Leather Sellier Kelly Bag with Gold Hardware.
DALLAS, TX.- On May 2, Heritage Auctions presents the gold standard of Luxury Accessories sales with its Spring Signature® event, an auction teeming with scarce and one-of-a-kind finds. Fittingly, one of the auction's standouts is the rare and coveted Hermès Limited Edition 25cm ... More | |
Garments on display in Africa Fashion, an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum in New York, June 23, 2023. (Elias Williams/The New York Times)
LAGOS.- For the past decade, Nigerias best-known ambassadors have, arguably, been its musicians: Burna Boy, WizKid, Davido, Tiwa Savage Asake and Tems, who have popularized Afrobeats beyond West Africa. At a moment when music, literature, ... More |
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| Marc & Alice Davis Archive leads to Heritage's highest-grossing 'Art of Disneyland' event at $3.66 million | | 2024 Dallas Art Fair recap | | A Gold Medal for America's Rosies, the women on the home front |
Disneyland - Haunted Mansion "Quicksand" Original Hand-Painted Stretching Room Portrait (Walt Disney, c. 1967 - 80s).
DALLAS, TX.- On April 5-8, in a celebration of the art and archive of Disney Legends Marc and Alice Davis and much more, Heritage Auctions landed the highest-grossing auction ever for its beloved category The Art of Disneyland. The $3,661,619 total for The Art of Disneyland - Featuring the Marc and Alice Davis Archive Signature® Auction reflected not just a massive and total sellout event, but also the impeccable taste of Disney collectors ... More | |
Thania Petersen, SJAMBOKLAND, 2022. Embroidery thread on cotton poplin, Japanese glass cut beads. 61.50h x 105w in / 156.21h x 266.70w cm. Copyright Thania Petersen. Courtesy of the artist and Nicodim. Photo: Yubo Dong.
DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Art Fair marked its 16th edition with significant sales and robust attendance, concluding Sunday, April 7. The fair welcomed 91 international exhibitors to Fashion Industry Gallery (f.i.g.) and attracted collectors, curators, and artists from around the world to the Dallas Arts District. Citing remarkable sales, Kelly Cornell, Director of ... More | |
An image of the iconic Rosie the Riveter poster on a jacket during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
WASHINGTON, DC.- Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Marian Sousa moved to California to care for the children of her sister Phyllis Gould, who had gone to work as a welder in a Bay Area shipyard. Just a year later, Sousa, at 17 years old, joined the wartime workforce herself, drafting blueprints and revising outdated designs for troop transports. Wearing a hard hat and with ... More |
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She dreams of pink planets and alien dinosaurs
NEW YORK, NY.- Have dinosaurs evolved on other worlds? Could we spot a planet of glowing organisms? What nearby star systems are positioned to observe Earth passing in front of the sun? These are just a few of the questions that Lisa Kaltenegger has joyfully tackled. As the founding director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University in New York, the astronomer has pioneered interdisciplinary work on the origins of life on Earth and the hunt for signs of life, or biosignatures, elsewhere in the universe. Kalteneggers new book, Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos, to be published Tuesday, chronicles her insights and adventures spanning an idyllic childhood in Austria to her Cornell office, which previously belonged to astronomer Sagan. She spoke with The New York Times about the intense public interest ... More
A wild ride from 'Dilettante' to director
NEW YORK, NY.- Theda Hammel is under no delusion that COVID is box-office gold. I dont think its going to draw people in, the idea of dwelling on that time, she said last week at the Soho Grand Hotel in Manhattan, sipping an herbal tea on a leather couch. But I think it has value as a little bit of a time capsule. This month, her debut film, Stress Positions, an ensemble comedy that showed at Sundance, will ask audiences to return to the early days of the pandemic, a time that many people would rather forget. And what about the no-straight-people-in-her-entire-movie thing? Was that some sort of canny strategy? No, just a function of circumstance. I dont know any straight people, said Hammel, 36. I dont know any. The film is largely set within the confines of a Brooklyn brownstone, where an anxious 30-something, played by comedian John Early, ... More
Simon & Schuster turns 100 with a new owner and a sense of optimism
NEW YORK, NY.- More than 1,000 people came out on Tuesday night in Manhattan to nibble on steak, dance to Britney Spears and play Ping-Pong in celebration of the 100th anniversary of one of largest book publishers in the United States, Simon & Schuster. The companys milestone, reached this week, comes amid a growth spurt and new sense of optimism after one of the most tumultuous periods in its history. We are going to have to sell a lot of books to pay for this party, Jonathan Karp, the companys CEO, joked in a speech Tuesday night. But thats OK! Last fall, the publisher was acquired by KKR, a private equity firm, for $1.62 billion. The deal marked the companys seventh change in ownership in a century, and some in the industry were wary of a private equity firm taking the reins of one of the countrys oldest and most prestigious ... More
National Gallery launches National Sculpture Garden landscape design competition
CANBERRA.- The National Gallery of Australias iconic sculpture garden is set to undergo a $60 million revitalisation with the launch of the Sculpture Garden Design Competition today. The National Sculpture Garden in Kamberri/Canberra is one of Australias largest and most distinct sculpture gardens. The National Gallery will conduct an open-call, two stage, competition to select a design team who can create an innovative design incorporating a public place for experiencing art, education, cultural and social events, while respecting the gardens original design intent and heritage values. The winner of the competition will lead a major redevelopment to revitalise the three-hectare garden surrounding the National Gallery, reinforcing its position as the most significant sculpture garden in Australia. The National Sculpture Garden project will be realised through philanthropic support. ... More
Mister Cee, pioneering Brooklyn DJ, dies at 57
NEW YORK, NY.- Mister Cee, a disc jockey who was an integral figure in New York Citys booming 1990s hip-hop scene and was an early champion of the Notorious B.I.G., has died. He was 57. His death was confirmed Wednesday by Skip Dillard, the brand manager at WXBK 94.7 The Block NYC, where Mister Cee had a show. No cause was given. Mister Cee, whose head-bopping mixes reverberated on New York radio for decades, was a hit DJ on New York Citys Hot 97 for more than 20 years before leaving the station in 2014. He was the executive producer of the Notorious B.I.G.s debut album, Ready to Die. Born Calvin Lebrun in August 1966 in Brooklyns Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, Mister Cee grew up at his grandparents home and took to the turntables under the mentorship of an uncle who was a DJ, he told Rock The Bells, a satellite ... More
¡Vámonos! Dora is back for a new round of exploring
NEW YORK, NY.- Barbie isnt the only childhood heroine experiencing a renaissance. Yet unlike the doll of last years blockbuster movie, the next pop-culture star whos about to reemerge isnt a statuesque blonde in stiletto heels. Shes a pint-size Latina with sturdy sneakers and a trusty backpack. Welcome back, Dora. Nickelodeon, the network that in 2000 introduced Dora the Explorer, the groundbreaking bilingual animated show about the adventures of a 7-year-old Hispanic girl, is now rebooting that hit series, which over eight seasons aired in more than 150 countries, winning multiple awards and inspiring two TV spinoffs and a feature-length film. The new shows catalyst wasnt necessarily that the first series was over, Valerie Walsh Valdes, a creator and executive producer of Dora, said in a video interview. (Dora the Explorer continues to stream on various outlets, ... More
The buzz on boat shoes
NEW YORK, NY.- Sometimes fashion just seems like Groundhog Day with better outfits. Designers vanish only to reappear suddenly (looking at you, Alessandro Michele). Trends sputter out and abruptly are back. Skinny jeans were cool until everyone was wearing oversize drop-crotch khakis everyone, that is, except that cadre of teen style-setters intent on bringing back 2000s-era jeggings so bad theyre good. Consider, in this vein, the boat shoe, echt signifier of all things preppy. All but defunct as an element of a stylish wardrobe, it has now become a hot item. This is the year of the boat shoe, says Vogue, which is far from alone in observing a proliferation of fashionable maritime footwear. There they were on the Miu Miu spring 2024 runway in Paris, in what was widely considered one of Miuccia Pradas best collections for that label ... More
Wyatt Flores, a rising country artist, has a superpower: tapping emotions
NASHVILLE, TENN.- In early February, singer and songwriter Wyatt Flores relaxed on a green room couch in Nashville, Tennessee, before headlining the 1,200-capacity Brooklyn Bowl for the first time. The show had sold out nearly instantly, thanks in part to Life Lessons, his seven-song EP filled with raw, emotional country songs that added fuel to the blowup his word for the last year of his career and life. Flores, now 22, had been playing professionally since age 16 and releasing music since 2021 when his song Please Dont Go caught fire on social media in early 2023. The spare track, written by Flores as a plea to a loved one not to take their life, features a simple fingerpicked guitar arrangement, centering the song on his raw vocals. His emotion resonated with fans, helping Flores stand out among the young, stripped-down ... More
Before he died in prison, Alexei Navalny wrote a memoir. It's coming this fall.
NEW YORK, NY.- During the years leading up to his death in a Russian prison, Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, was writing a memoir about his life and work as a pro-democracy activist. Titled Patriot, the memoir will be published in the United States by Knopf on Oct. 22, with a first printing of half a million copies, and a simultaneous release in multiple countries. Navalny, who rose to global prominence as a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin of Russia, resisted the Kremlins repeated attempts to silence him through physical harm, arrests and imprisonment in a remote Arctic penal colony, where he died in February at 47. The book, telling his story in his own words, comes as a final show of defiance, his widow, Yulia Navalnaya, said in a statement, and could have a galvanizing effect on his followers. This book is a t ... More
O.J. Simpson, athlete whose trial riveted the nation, dies at 76
NEW YORK, NY.- O.J. Simpson, who ran to fame on the football field, made fortunes as an all-American in movies, television and advertising, and was acquitted of killing his former wife and her friend in a 1995 trial in Los Angeles that mesmerized the nation, died Wednesday at his home in Las Vegas. He was 76. The cause was cancer, his family announced on social media. The jury in the murder trial cleared him, but the case, which had held up a cracked mirror to Black and white America, changed the trajectory of his life. In 1997, a civil suit by the victims families found him liable for the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald L. Goldman, and ordered him to pay $33.5 million in damages. He paid little of the debt, moved to Florida and struggled to remake his life, raise his children and stay out of trouble. In 2006, he sold a book manuscript, ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter Robert Delaunay was born April 12, 1885. Robert Delaunay (12 April 1885 - 25 October 1941) was a French artist who, with his wife Sonia Delaunay and others, co-founded the Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colours and geometric shapes. His later works were more abstract, reminiscent of Paul Klee. His key influence related to bold use of colour and a clear love of experimentation with both depth and tone. In this image: Robert Delaunay (1885-1941). Hommage à Blériot, 1914. Kunstmuseum Basel. Leimtempera auf Leinwand. HxB : 250 x 250 cm. Photo : Martin P. Bühler © L&M Services B.V.
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