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Krista Aru, the director of the Tartu University library, inspects a first edition of Gogols Dead Souls, in Tartu, Estonia, on April 29, 2024, where eight books disappeared from the library. Dozens of books have disappeared from Warsaw to Paris. Police are looking into who is taking them, and why a tale of money, geopolitics, crafty forgers and lackluster library security. (Marta Giaccone/The New York Times)
PARIS.- In April 2022, soon after Russia invaded Ukraine, two men arrived at the library of the University of Tartu, in Estonias second-largest city. They told the librarians they were Ukrainians fleeing war and asked to consult 19th-century first editions of works by Alexander Pushkin, Russias national poet, and Nikolai Gogol. Speaking Russian, they said they were an uncle and nephew researching censorship ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Installation images of Where it Began by Osman Yousefzada, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, 3 May - 13 October 2024, presented by Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture. Photo David Lindsay.
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| Met Museum reaches fundraising goal for new modern wing | | Carlos Amorales' second solo exhibition at NILS STÆRK opens in Copenhagen | | Exhibition explores all phases and elements of Christina Ramberg's continually evolving 20-year career. |
Aaron Douglas, Let My People Go, ca. 193539, 48 à 36 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2015 (2015.42) © Heirs of Aaron Douglas/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced Wednesday that it has raised $550 million in private donations for its new modern and contemporary wing, named after Oscar L. Tang and Agnes Hsu-Tang in honor of the couples $125 million lead ... More | |
Carlos Amorales, Celebrity Pet 10, 2019. Signed on the back. Color pencil on paper, 35,5 x 28,5 cm (13,98 x 11,22 in)
COPENHAGEN.- Carlos Amorales, one of Mexicos most important contemporary artists from the 1990s to the present, explores the boundaries of language, translation systems, and the structure of the ubiquitous Internet to engage in cultural experimentation, placing his work very much in the midst ... More | |
Christina Ramberg. Untitled (Hand), 1971. Private collection, New York. © The estate of Christina Ramberg. Stewart Clements Photography.
CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago is presenting Christina Ramberg: A Retrospective on view from April 20August 11, 2024. With more than 100 works, this exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of Christina Rambergs work in more than 30 years. The show features several key pieces from ... More |
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| Who are the hosts of the Met Gala? | | Zwirner anchors Los Angeles art neighborhood with new gallery | | The Morgan appoints Claire Gilman as Acquavella Curator and Department Head, Modern and Contemporary Drawings |
Anna Wintour and Bill Nighy at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, May 1, 2023. (Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- Each spring a handful of attractive celebrities who do not seem as if they would hang out in any other situation are selected as co-chairs of the Met Gala, the black-tie blowout that is essentially the X Games of fashion (subtract motorcycles, add tulle). This year, Anna Wintour, Zendaya, ... More | |
Elizabeth Peytons Nirvana (Kurt), 2024. (Elizabeth Peyton and David Zwirner via The New York Times)
LOS ANGELES, CA.- David Zwirner will open its new flagship Los Angeles gallery on May 23 with a 30th-anniversary exhibition featuring works by all of the gallerys 80 artists. Zwirners decision to plant a flag in a third new space on North Western Avenue represents a powerful vote of confidence in the West Coast art market as well as in the Melrose Hill ... More | |
Claire Gilman in the Morgan Garden, April 2024. Photography by Janny Chiu.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Morgan Library & Museum announces the appointment of Claire Gilman, Ph.D, as Acquavella Curator and Department Head, Modern and Contemporary Drawings. This position oversees a collection of drawings that, spanning the twentieth century to the present, illuminates the diverse contributions made by artists working on ... More |
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| White Cube opens 'AERIAL', an exhibition by Antony Gormley | | Dame Zandra Rhodes donates to Powerhouse | | GR gallery opens a group exhibition of new and recent works by four artists |
Antony Gormley, BEAMER II, 2023. Walnut ink on paper, 38 x 28 cm | 14 15/16 x 11 in. 49.5 x 39.5 x 3 cm | 19 1/2 x 15 9/16 x 1 3/16 in. (framed).
NEW YORK, NY.- White Cube presents AERIAL, an exhibition by Antony Gormley, in which the artist considers sculpture as an instrument for proprioception the bodys innate capacity to sense and perceive its position, movements and orientation in relation to itself and the environment. The exhibition features two recent developments ... More | |
Zandra Rhodes Portrait. Photo: Zan Wimberley.
ULTIMO.- Powerhouse announced an extraordinary donation by the Zandra Rhodes Foundation of key fashion garments and textiles from her extensive archive collected over an illustrious career spanning more than 50 years. The rare and historical pieces were designed by Dame Zandra in the 1970s after connecting with the landscapes of Central Australia during her first visit. One of the first international designers to explore Australias unique ... More | |
"Transfiguration" deliberately weaves a disorienting visual narrative to depict a newly attained state of consciousness, where individuals navigate an unstable equilibrium through novel forms of figuration.
NEW YORK, NY.- GR gallery opened Transfiguration, a group exhibition of new and recent works by Atreyu Moniaga, Dalya Moumina, Karen Shiozawa and Mayuka Yamamoto, presenting five artworks each at the gallerys location on Bowery. The exhibitions title stems from the artists ... More |
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| His book was repeatedly banned. Fighting for it shaped his life. | | Items signed by Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan and 3 Apollo 11 Astronauts headline sale | | James Cohan opens an exhibition of new paintings by Baltimore-based artist Jerrell Gibbs |
Alyne Farrell, a former Mowat Middle School who protested a schoolwide ban against a select number of novels in 1986, at her home in Ventura, Calif., April 4, 2024. (Peyton Fulford/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- In the 50 years since it came out, The Chocolate War has become one of the countrys most challenged books. But the tensest battle over the novel may have been fought in Panama City, Florida, in the mid-1980s. Thats when ... More | |
An 1864 autograph endorsement signed by President Abraham Lincoln, reaffirming the value of hard work. The job recommendation may have been for a recently freed slave (est. $18,000-$24,000).
WILTON, CONN.- An 1864 autograph endorsement signed by President Abraham Lincoln celebrating hard work; a 1981 speech draft extensively annotated by President Ronald Reagan relating to Reaganomics; and a Type 3 Apollo XI insurance cover ... More | |
Jerrell Gibbs, Like father like son, 2024. Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in. 101.6 x 76.2 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- James Cohan presents Language of Tears, an exhibition of new paintings by Baltimore-based artist Jerrell Gibbs, on view from May 3 through June 15, 2024, at the gallerys 52 Walker Street location. This marks the artists New York debut and first solo exhibition with James Cohan. Jerrell Gibbs creates luminously rendered, ... More |
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From Agnes Pelton to Rembrandt Peale: The 2024 American Art Signature Auction.
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Fontaine's auction to offer important fine decorative arts May 18-19
PITTSFIELD, MASS.- Fontaines will present an important two-day fine and decorative arts auction May 18-19 that includes over 750 lots of 19th/20th century lighting, Tiffany Studios lamps, art glass, leaded glass windows, fine silver, porcelain, marble and bronze statuary, Asian items, paintings, American and European furniture, clocks, watches and jewelry. This auction will feature longtime collections from Long Island and upstate New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Highlighting the sale will be over 130 Tiffany Studios items, including windows commissioned by St. Pauls Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. Good lighting designs never go out of style and there are arguably no more desirable and attractive examples than what the pioneering Tiffany Studios put out in the early 1900s. Tiffanys nature-inspired lighting continues to bring robust prices ... More
In a Portland library, activists fortify for a standoff
PORTLAND, ORE.- At Portland State Universitys crescent-shaped library, students can normally peer through floor-to-ceiling windows at the leafy green spaces below. But the library, under occupation since Monday by pro-Palestinian protesters, now has been turned into a makeshift fortress. Chairs are piled around the windows. Wood pallets are stacked next to the doors as fortifications. Next to what is normally a circulation desk, students have established a medic center, preparing for what might happen if police officers try to force their way in. Well stop occupying this building when Israel stops occupying Palestine, reads one of many messages scrawled on the walls in red paint. Portland State, founded as a campus to educate World War II veterans, has a long history of protest. In 1970, students and other anti-Vietnam War protesters battled ... More
Artist Osman Yousefzada creates new work for Bradford, in his exhibition 'Where It Began'
BRADFORD.- Osman Yousefzada takes a deeply personal look at migration, identity and community in Where It Began, a special exhibition that forms part of this years countdown to Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture. In this solo exhibition, Where it Began, artist Osman Yousefzada invites viewers to contemplate themes of labour, social class, immigration and the impact of colonialism on human bodies. The title itself serves as a metaphor that spans different timelines: from historical relationships between the British Empire and South Asia regarding textiles to Yousefzada's father arriving in Bradford during the wave of Commonwealth migration in the 1960s to labour at Crofts Engineering foundry to concepts of belonging, identity and homemaking. Where It Began presents work both inside and outside Bradford Councils Cartwright Hall Art Gallery. The ... More
Inspiring set designs from 'Around the World' on view in summer exhibition
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- Embark on an international journey with Around the World in 80 Designs, on view May 2-Aug. 4 at McNay Art Museum. Forty artworks from the McNays Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts along with 40 companion images invite visitors to explore various destinations, from the Nile River in Egypt to an airport tarmac in Beijing. Using scene and costume designs and maquettes (small-scale models), the McNay presents the theatre arts through productions like Aida, Death in Venice and Nixon in China. Alongside the artworks are images that consider what the locations for these productions might look like in real life. We hope Around the World in 80 Designs ignites imaginations and visually transports visitors from the McNay to exciting new places without leaving San Antonio, said Matthew McLendon, Ph.D., the McNays director and CEO. The Tobin Collection of The ... More
Nahmad Contemporary opens a long overdue exhibition of works by Jean Dubuffet and Alberto Giacometti
NEW YORK, NY.- Nahmad Contemporary is presenting Dubuffet x Giacometti, a long overdue tête-à -tête between two of the most significant artists of the 20th century, on view from May 1 through June 8, 2024. Despite moving in the same Parisian circles, sharing a gallerist and concurrently introducing their unique postwar European sensibilities to New York, Jean Dubuffet (190185) and Alberto Giacometti (190166) have only once been presented together in a dedicated pairing: at Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, in 1968. After more than half a century and countless solo and group exhibitions across the globe, Dubuffet x Giacometti juxtaposes a careful selection of more than 20 works by these iconic artists, including paintings and sculptures. With special consideration given to the reception of the artists work in New York between 1947 and 1968, the ... More
Forum Gallery presents a special exhibition celebrating twenty-five years of Brian Rutenberg's art
NEW YORK, NY.- Opening today and continuing through June 14, 2024, Forum Gallery, New York, presents a special exhibition celebrating twenty-five years of Brian Rutenbergs (b. 1965) art in association with the gallery. Brian Rutenberg: Celebrating 25 Years showcases Brian Rutenbergs vibrant, colorful abstract paintings inspired by the landscape of his birthplace, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in twenty-one works dating from 1998 to the present. Each painting is a highlight of his artistic evolution, while together the works in the exhibition illuminate the magnetic, enduring appeal of his art that has made Brian Rutenberg one of this countrys most popular painters. Brian Rutenberg joined Forum Gallery shortly after his return from a year in Ireland on a Fulbright Scholarship. The formative experience cemented for the artist that while the landscape ... More
Boston Public Art Triennial announces city-wide outdoor public art event and artist lineup for 2025
BOSTON, MASS.- Boston Public Art Triennial announced the lineup of participating artists for its first edition, opening to the public on May 22, 2025 until October 31, 2025. In partnership with the City of Boston, the Triennial 2025 presents 15 new outdoor public art commissions across the city, created by visionary local, national, and international artists. Boston Public Art Triennial, the recasting of Now + There, Bostons leading non-profit public art organization, joins other ennials and North American cities committed to a recurring celebration of contemporary art as a driver of greater connectivity, well-being, and economic vitality. Curated by Artistic Director Pedro Alonzo and Curator Tess Lukey, the theme and title of the 2025 Triennial is The Exchange, an artist-driven platform that brings experts and artists into cross-disciplinary collaboration ... More
Stephen Friedman Gallery opens a solo exhibition by Anne Rothenstein
NEW YORK, NY.- Stephen Friedman Gallery presents a solo exhibition by Anne Rothenstein, marking the artists New York debut. The presentation features Rothensteins largest works to date and focuses on her enigmatic approach to portraiture, interior spaces, and landscapes. Rothensteins dreamlike paintings depict expansive landscapes and intimate interiors drawn from memory, personal experiences, and found material from newspapers and magazines. Whether depicting androgynous figures or melancholic landscapes, Rothenstein's works blur the lines of identity and narrative, inviting observers to immerse themselves in the ambiguity of her creations. Curator and writer Simon Grant aptly describes the experience of viewing Rothenstein's paintings, "Looking at these paintings can feel as if we have joined a drama that has been ... More
MOA reopens to the public following successful completion of seismic upgrades of iconic Great Hall
VANCOUVER.- The Museum of Anthropology at UBC will reopen its doors to the public on June 13, 2024 at 5pm, following an 18-month closure that saw the successful completion of cutting-edge seismic upgrades to its Great Hall, coupled with the revitalization and reinterpretation of displays of Northwest Coast Indigenous carvings, poles, weavings and other works from the past and present. Along with the Museums reopening, MOA will present two exhibitions sharing Indigenous perspectives on colonial history: To be seen, to be heard: First Nations in Public Spaces, 19001965 (world premiere), and in Pursuit of Venus [infected] (Western Canada premiere) by famed Māori artist, Lisa Reihana. MOAs reopening this summer coincides with the 75th anniversary of the Museums opening to the public. Weve waited so long to welcome back visitors ... More
Alicia Keys on 'Hell's Kitchen' nods: I'm in 'a deep state of freaking out'
NEW YORK, NY.- Alicia Keys has been working on Hells Kitchen for 13 years, so she found it serendipitous in addition to thrilling that on Tuesday morning her musical picked up 13 Tony nominations. In an interview shortly after the nominations were announced, Keys was clearly heartened by the news. The show, featuring her songs and a book by Kristoffer Diaz, is personal for Keys. The show is about a 17-year-old girl whose life circumstances have enormous echoes of Keys own upbringing the single mother, the hunger for independence, the passion for piano, even the same subsidized housing development. These are edited excerpts from the conversation. Q: Congratulations! What do you make of this? A: Whoa! Im definitely in a deep state of freaking out in a really great, awesome, grateful way. I dont know whats ... More
Paul Auster's best books: A guide
NEW YORK, NY.- Paul Auster, who died on April 30 at age 77, was an atmospheric author whose scalpel-sharp prose examined the fluidity of identity and the absurdity of the writers life. An occasional memoirist, essayist, translator, poet and screenwriter, Auster was best known for his metafiction books that were characterized by their elusive narrators, chance encounters and labyrinthine narratives. Consuming Austers genre-defying books is not unlike the experience of reading he describes in The Brooklyn Follies: When a person is lucky enough to live inside a story, to live inside an imaginary world, the pains of this world disappear, he wrote. For as long as the story goes on, reality no longer exists. Thankfully, Auster left us with many worlds and stories and realities to lose ourselves in. These are the books that best represent his work. ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Dutch painter Karel Appel died May 03, 2006. Christiaan Karel Appel (25 April 1921 - 3 May 2006) was a Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet. He started painting at the age of fourteen and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in the 1940s. He was one of the founders of the avant-garde movement Cobra in 1948. He was also an avid sculptor and has had works featured in the museum of Great Samo and MoMA. In this image: Karel Appel, "Portrait of Rudi Fuchs". Photo: Bram Saeys.
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