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A security guard at the Parthenon gallery at the British Museum in London, on Aug. 27, 2020. (Tom Jamieson/The New York Times)
by Jenny Gross and Derrick Bryson Taylor
LONDON.- A man was wounded in a stabbing outside the British Museum in central London on Tuesday, the Metropolitan Police said, adding that it was an isolated incident and was not being treated as related to terrorism. A male suspect was under arrest. The victim, who was stabbed in the arm, was taken to the hospital, police said in a statement. The attack occurred about 10 a.m. outside the gate at the front entrance of the museum, one of Londonâs most popular tourist attractions. The museum was evacuated and later closed for about two hours. By midday, there was a heavy police presence outside the museum, and several nearby restaurants had closed. The British Museum, which had more than 4 million visits last year, said in a statement that it had increased security. By early afternoon, the museum had reopened, and a line of several hundred people waited outside to enter. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day TarraWarra Museum of Art has unveiled The Soils Project exhibition, presented until 12 November 2023. The Soils Project brings together 13 practitioners and collectives from Australia, the Netherlands and Indonesia to explore the complex and diverse relationships between environmental change and colonisation.
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| Pinacoteca de São Paulo presents largest ever retrospective exhibition on Marta Minujín in Brazil | | Fred Wilson's monumental chandelier installed at the Redwood Library & Athenaeum | | The Phillips Collection announces recent acquisitions that enrich photography holdings and diversity collection |
Installation view of 'Marta MinujÃn: Live' at Pinacoteca de São Paulo.
SÃO PAULO.- Pinacoteca de São Paulo, a museum run by the São Paulo State Department of Culture and Creative Economy, presents Marta MinujÃn: Live, the first retrospective exhibition in Brazil dedicated to MinujÃn, one of the most significant Latin American artists of her generation. The exhibition is curated by Ana Maria Maia and is set out on all seven rooms of the second floor of Pinacoteca Luz. Its guiding thread is the artists contribution to an avant-garde that thinks about Latin America both in micro- and macro-political terms. The show brings together more than a hundred works from 1963 to the present and gives a new presentation to the iconic El Batacazo, first created in the Torcuato Di Tella Institute in 1965, as well as to works such as Galeria Blanda [Soft Gallery] (1973) and La caÃda de los mitos universales [The Downfall of Universal Myths] (1978-). ... More | |
Fred Wilson, 'No Way But This', 2013, Murano glass and light bulbs, 70 1/16" x 68 1/2" x 68 1/2".
NEWPORT, RI.- The Redwood Library & Athenaeum, the nations first purpose-built library, interdisciplinary think space, and public Palladian building has acquired Fred Wilsons black Murano glass chandelier 'No Way But This' (2013). Wilsons sculpture forms part of the Redwood Contemporary Art Initiatives (RCAI) program of exhibiting and acquiring contemporary artworks that excavate how the contradictory histories of the Enlightenment underpin the economic and juridical inequities of our time. The monumental sculpture, installed in the oculus of the Redwoods historic Reading Room, opens up a dialogue with the institutionsand the stateslong repressed histories of enslavement. In a recent public discussion held in Newport to inaugurate the chandeliers installation, Wilson commented that 'No Way But This' stands like an alien in this space, referring to his works placemen ... More | |
Joyce Wellman, Journey through Migration, 1985. Color viscosity etching 22 x 16 in. The Phillips Collection Gift of the artist, 2022.
WASHINGTON, DC .- The Phillips Collection announces recent acquisitions, including major works that enrich growing areas of the museums collection with a significant emphasis on photography. Through multiple gifts, more than 60 photographs by artists including Frank Stewart, Aaron Siskind, Zanele Muholi, and more have entered the collection. In addition, works by artists including Sanford Biggers, Linling Lu, and Marta Pérez GarcÃa strengthen existing holdings to provide more comprehensive narratives of modern and contemporary art. We are delighted to acquire works by such an expansive and dynamic group of artists, says Vradenburg Director and CEO Jonathan P. Binstock. The Phillips Collection has a unique history and legacy of collecting from its beginnings as a private collection established by Duncan ... More |
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| Quarto Group to launch two new books 'Artists at Home' and 'Artists' Letters' this fall | | 'John Torreano: Dots, Gems, Stars, 1969 - 2023' extended through August 20th at The Drawing Room | | August Americana sales at Bonhams Skinner to feature four different departments |
'Artists' Letters', a treasure trove of carefully selected letters written by great artists, providing unique insight into their characters and a glimpse into their lives.
LONDON.- The Quarto Group, who creates a wide variety of books and intellectual property products, with a mission to inspire lifes experiences has announced the upcoming launching of 'Artists at Home' and 'Artists Letters'. Take a look inside the homes of some of your favorite artists and explore how each one reflected their spirit and creativity. From William Morris and Pablo Picasso to Georgia OKeeffe and Frida Kahlo, 'Artists at Home' (Frances Lincoln | October 10, 2023 | $45.00 USD) showcases the quiet retreats, creative hubs, lifelong homes and holiday escapes of key artistic figures. Author Susie Hodge introduces readers to each artist's life and work, placing the significance of the home at the heart of their practice before exploring how each location both reflected and inspired their creative output. ... More | |
John Torreano, Dots, Gems, Stars 1968-2023. Sparkles from the Veil, 2023, acrylic and gems on canvas, 60 x 60 inches.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Drawing Room in East Hampton has announced the extension of the exhibition, 'John Torreano: Dots, Gems, Stars, 1969 - 2023' , through August 20th. This is the gallerys second solo presentation of the contemporary American artist who divides his time between studios in New York City and Sag Harbor. The show traces salient through lines in John Torreano's imagery across various mediums and over a period of more than 50 years. Works on view include vibrant abstractions from sketchbooks, large canvases articulated with acrylic paint and multicolored gems, faceted wall sculptures and paintings on paper inspired by jewels and galaxies. From seminal preliminary studies created in the 1960s to recently completed 60 x 60 inch tour de force compositions, the selection offers a fresh perspective on the artists ... More | |
Portrait of a Child with Rattle. The child wearing a white gown with a salmon bonnet and holding a silver rattle, in a molded gilt gesso frame, (spots of retouch around the edges of the canvas, spot of retouch above subject's right eye, two spots of retouch on the gown). Unsigned. Oil on canvas. Canvas, 29 x 24 in.
BOSTON, MASS.- Bonhams Skinner will present four sales in August from the Americana and Fine Wine and Rare Spirits departments. The August Americana sale will be highlighted by an exceptional and meticulously crafted live-steam locomotive from the Massachusetts workshop of Larry Vance and Summer Americana will feature an impressive array of American flags and political banners. Then Fine Wines will present a 6L bottle of Opus One 1987 and Rare Spirits will feature an incredibly rare and comprehensive set of whisky from the Springbank distillery. August Americana, August 13th, will offer a curated selection of 71 works on August 13 featuring a number of exceptional pieces of furniture as well as ... More |
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| Cranbrook Academy of Art announces two new dean appointments | | Robbie Robertson, 80, dies; Canadian songwriter captured American spirit | | Jaq Grantford awarded Archibald Prize 2023 ANZ People's Choice award for portrait of Noni Hazlehurst |
Lynn Tomaszewski Named Dean of Academic Affairs. Photo by Jessica Kaminska.
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI.- The Cranbrook Educational Community has recently announced that after a comprehensive search, two Deans have been appointed to senior leadership positions at Cranbrook Academy of Art. Lynn Tomaszewski has been named the Dean of Academic Affairs and Michael Stone-Richards has been named Dean of Programs and Partnerships. They will begin their tenure later this month. As Dean of Academic Affairs, Tomaszewski will work with the senior leadership team to formulate, implement, and evaluate the academic policies and programs of the Academy. She will provide support to the Academys 13 Artists-in-Residence/Department Heads while helping to foster an equitable and transparent student culture. Her work will also focus on student retention and recruitment efforts. ... More | |
The guitarist and songwriter Robbie Robertson playing with Bob Dylan at Madison Square Garden in New York, on Jan. 30, 1974. (Larry Morris/The New York Times)
by Jim Farber
NEW YORK, NY.- Robbie Robertson, the chief composer and lead guitarist for The Band, whose work offered a rustic vision of America that seemed at once mythic and authentic, in the process helping to inspire the genre that came to be known as Americana, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 80. His manager, Jared Levine, said he died after a long illness. The songs that Robertson, a Canadian, wrote for The Band used enigmatic lyrics to evoke a hard and colorful America of yore, a feat coming from someone not born in the United States. With uncommon conviction, they conjured a wild place, often centered in the South, peopled by rough-hewed characters, from the defeated Confederate ... More | |
Winner Archibald Prize 2023 ANZ People's Choice award, Jaq Grantford 'Through the window', oil on canvas, 170 x 131.6 cm © the artist, image © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Jenni Carter.
SYDNEY.- First-time Archibald Prize finalist Jaq Grantford has been announced as the winner of the Archibald Prize 2023 ANZ Peoples Choice award for her portrait, Through the window, of beloved former Play School presenter and Logie Hall of Fame inductee Noni Hazlehurst. Melbourne-based Grantford set out to portray Hazlehursts signature energy and warmth. The result is a captivating portrait of Hazlehurst, who is depicted smiling and gazing through a rain-flecked window a nod to her Play School days. Grantford explains that the symbols drawn onto the window are symbols for safety and protection, 'not just for her, but for everyone in these uncertain times. The artist and her sitter have a history ... More |
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| Last chance to see Van Gogh's Cypresses, closing at The Met on August 27 | | Works from Addison Gilbert Hospital's collection come to CAM Green for Gloucester 400th celebration | | Dominique Fung's "A Tale of Ancestral Memories" now on display at Rockefeller Center |
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 18531890), Cypresses, June 1889. Oil on canvas, 36 3/4 x 29 1/8 in. (93.4 x 74 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1949 (49.30).
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art is presenting a groundbreaking exhibition of some 40 works by Vincent van Gogh (18531890) through August 27, 2023. Van Gogh's Cypresses is the first show to focus on the unique vision the artist brought to bear on the towering treesamong the most famous in the history of artaffording an unprecedented perspective on a motif virtually synonymous with his fiercely original power of expression. A stunning range of works illuminates the extent of Van Goghs fascination with the regions flamelike evergreens as they successively sparked, fueled, and stoked his imagination over the course of two years in the South of France: from his initial sightings of the tall and dark trees in Arles to realizing their full evocative potential (as I see them) at the asylum in Saint-Rémy. Iconic paintings ... More | |
Anthony Thieme (1888-1954), Jewett Street, Rockport, undated. Oil on canvas.
GLOUCESTER, MASS.- Since its founding in 1889, Addison Gilbert Hospital has amassed an extensive and impressive art collection numbering more than 300 works, including oil paintings, watercolors and prints. A selection of these works will be on view at the Cape Ann Museum Green (CAM Green), starting today. Addison Gilbert Hospitals prominent collection is a little-known secret around much of Cape Ann, familiar mostly to staff, patients and families who have admired the works while passing through offices and hallways there and have donated them in thanks to the hospital for its continued commitment to quality care, said Museum Director Oliver Barker. Now, as part of the citywide celebration of our 400-plus anniversary, it is the Museums pleasure to highlight works from the hospitals collection in the Janet & William Ellery James Center at CAM Green just down the street ... More | |
Installation view. Photo by Daniel Greer, courtesy of Art Production Fund.
NEW YORK, NY.- Rockefeller Center and Art Production Fund are now presenting A Tale of Ancestral Memories, featuring never seen before work by interdisciplinary artist DOMINIQUE FUNG throughout the Rockefeller Center campus, which opened August 7th. Dominique Fung is a second-generation Chinese-Canadian artist whose practice explores the liminal territory in which tradition, memory, and legacy seep through our collective subconsciousness. Through her interest in casting light on overlooked or forgotten stories and her use of specific historical artifacts, she infuses with living qualities and complex non-linear narrative paths, she models a new, broader, alternative space of belonging. As a focal point of her Art in Focus commission for Art Production Fund and Rockefeller Center, Dominique Fung imagined an all-encompassing yet open-ended epic ... More |
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Hunna Art is now representing Reem R
SHARJAH SH.- Reem R (b. 1995), now represented by Hunna Art, is a Palestinian visual artist whose work is inspired and influenced by daily observations, human interactions, personal experiences, and memories. Contrasting vivid color palettes and carefully-composed artworks capture the essence of her inner world, intertwining personal symbols with cultural references. Reem creates visual riddles that invite the viewers to engage their own imagination to decipher their meanings and come up with their own interpretations. "In the tradition of still life painting, Reem R. emerges as a contemporary artist who breathes new life into this enduring genre. Rooted in ancient Greece and reaching its zenith during the Renaissance, still life paintings depicted meticulously inanimate objects -such as fruits, flowers, and household items- that demonstrated ... More
Swann announces new specialists for illustration art & LGBTQ+ art, material culture & history departments
NEW YORK, NY.- The start of the fall 2023 season at Swann Galleries brings two new specialists for the house: Corey Serrant joins Swann as the associate director of LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History, as well as serving as a specialist for the African American Art department; and Skye Lacerte has stepped into the role of specialist for the Illustration Art department. Swann continues to be an industry leader in both fields, with a recent offering of illustration art in June achieving record results: a group of designs by Charles Schultz for his Peanuts bridge sold for $50,000, and a harvest-themed cover image for the Saturday Evening Post by John Carleton Atherton brought $68,750, an auction record for the artist. The hiring of Corey Serrant into a leadership position for LGBTQ+ material signals the houses dedication to the category. The house is holding its fifth ... More
Bellingham artist Leilani Norman recognized with Originality Award at Anacortes Arts Festival
BELLINGHAM, WA .- Leilani Norman, a prominent artist based in Bellingham, Washington, has been honored with the esteemed Originality Award by the Anacortes Arts Festival's Fine Art Team. The award ceremony took place on July 29, 2023, and marked a highlight of the annual festival celebrating regional artistic talent. Selected from a competitive pool of hundreds of applications, Leilani Norman emerged as one of the 82 regional artists to participate in the Anacortes Arts Festival. The festival, known for showcasing exceptional artwork, brought together a diverse group of creative minds, fostering an environment of artistic appreciation and community engagement. The coveted Originality Award, presented to Leilani Norman for her painting The Valley, included a cash prize of $1000. This recognition is a testament to Norman's unique artistic ... More
Rodriguez, singer whose career was resurrected, dies at 81
NEW YORK, NY.- Rodriguez, a Detroit musician whose songs, full of protest and stark imagery from the urban streets, failed to find an American audience in the early 1970s but resonated in Australia and especially South Africa, leading to a late-career resurgence captured in the Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man in 2012, died Aug. 8. He was 81. A posting on his official website announced his death but did not say where he died or provide a cause. Rodriguezs story was, as The New York Times put it in 2012, a real-life tale of talent disregarded, bad luck and missed opportunities, with an improbable stop in the Hamptons and a Hollywood conclusion. Rodriguez who performed under just his surname but whose full name was Sixto Diaz Rodriguez was playing bars in Detroit in the late 1960s, his folk-rock reminding those who ... More
Despite tensions, Salzburg remains a crammed summer stage
SALZBURG.- Early in 1779, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart sulked back to Salzburg, having failed to land a permanent job abroad. In a letter to a family friend, he sneered at the city he was returning to. Salzburg is no place for my talent, he wrote, adding: One hears nothing; theres no theater; no opera! and even if they wanted to stage one, who is there to sing? If only Mozart could see his hometown now. I read those words last weekend in a program note at the Salzburg Festival, which, over the past century, has been largely responsible for giving this place perhaps the richest, densest musical offerings in the world for six weeks each summer. Salzburgs bounty of nearly 200 opera, concert and theater performances, continuing this year through Aug. 31, is so intoxicating that it can lead to some dizzying sprints. Last Tuesday, I left one concert ... More
Alice K. Ladas, author of landmark book on female sexuality, dies at 102
NEW YORK, NY.- Alice Kahn Ladas, a psychologist and psychotherapist whose bestselling 1982 book, The G Spot: And Other Recent Discoveries About Human Sexuality, created a tipping point for female sensual autonomy by introducing ways for women to experience greater sexual pleasure, died July 29 at her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She was 102. Her daughter Robin Janis confirmed the death, adding that Ladas was still seeing patients at her home office the day before she died. Ladas book, written with researchers Beverly Whipple and John Perry, examined the existence of the G-spot, a patch of erectile tissue that can be felt through the front wall of the vagina, behind the pubic bone. (The tissue is named for Ernst Gräfenberg, a German physician who was the first person to write about it in modern medical literature.) The book compared ... More
In 'Operation Mincemeat,' the theater of war is a comedy
LONDON.- The inflatable tanks had to go. At one time, those tanks were a feature of Operation Mincemeat, a punchy, plucky, highly unlikely West End musical that tells the even more unlikely story of an MI5 escapade. It describes how, in 1942, British intelligence outfitted an unclaimed corpse as a member of the Royal Marines and delivered the body to the shores of Spain, trusting that German sympathizers would study faked documents planted on the body. It worked. That was hardly the craziest part. Part of the joy was that the crazy stuff was all true, said Natasha Hodgson, a member of SplitLip, a theater collective that created the show. But there was so very much crazy stuff. And during early performances, audience members had doubts. They especially doubted the dummy Sherman tanks, which the Allies created to misdirect the Germans. ... More
Mostly Mozart's repertoire broadens with its audience
NEW YORK, NY.- For the past 10 months, the back side of David Geffen Hall has greeted passersby with Nina Chanel Abneys installation San Juan Heal. Its bold, color-blocked illustrations pay tribute to the largely Black and Puerto Rican neighborhood that was torn down to make way for Lincoln Center in the mid-20th century. San Juan Heal was a way of acknowledging this performing-arts campus original sin. When it was announced, Henry Timms, the centers president and CEO, said, Weve been very intentional about thinking about different voices, different audiences, more people seeing themselves at Lincoln Center. But as the months passed, I began to wonder: Are there more people of color on the building than inside it? If the installation is both a nod to the past and a hope for the future, then what is Lincoln Center doing to get ... More
A poet captures the terror of life in an authoritarian state
NEW YORK, NY.- Tahir Hamut Izgil watched as parks emptied of people, naan bakeries boarded up their windows and, one after another, his friends were taken away. The Chinese governments repression of Uyghurs, the predominantly Muslim ethnic minority to which he belonged, had gone on for years in Xinjiang, the groups ancestral homeland in Chinas northwest. But in 2017, it morphed into something more terrifying: a mass internment system into which hundreds of thousands of people were disappearing. Millions lived under intense and growing surveillance. Izgil, a prominent poet and film director, feared that one day soon, authorities would come for him. So, he did what few have managed in the summer of 2017, he escaped with his family, and once settled in a Virginia suburb, he wrote about the experience. In his memoir, Waiting ... More
The devastated town of Lahaina is a trove of history
LAHAINA.- For many visitors, the town of Lahaina is a place to go for tropical beaches. But for residents of Hawaii, it is a trove of history. Its heritage museum, in a landmark courthouse, houses artifacts from before the rest of the world knew Hawaii existed. Its oldest building, the Baldwin Home, was occupied by the 19th-century physician who saved Maui from an epidemic of smallpox. Its central feature, a sprawling 150-year-old banyan tree, was planted to commemorate the arrival of Christian missionaries in 1873. On Wednesday, that legacy and more appeared to be in ashes, consumed by the hurricane-driven wildfires that have devastated the island of Maui, razing much of the historic district of Lahaina, once Hawaiis royal capital, in a matter of hours. We had no preparation, no warning, nothing, said Theo Morrison, the executive director ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, American Artist 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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